All of this. The assembled hacks have no interest (ie can’t generate any headlines) by asking him about tactics etc, but if they get a rise out of him about another job or a tenuous, misinterpreted/badly translated half-hint that he’s possibly fallen out with Tony then they’ve got what they wanted, particularly when they twist it a bit more and use the words out of context to make up a clickbaity headline.I know Harry. I was playing along with you! Unless you knew that and I've misread your post!
I would prefer it if he said nothing but he can't really win. The press keep asking him the same questions and keep talking about him for the Liverpool/Bayern/Barca/whoever job.
If he says absolutely nothing people will complain.
If he says something people will complain.
If he goes full Poyet and touts himself for every available 'bigger' job people will complain.
What he's said consistently is that his ambitions and the club's ambitions need to align. He hasn't said anything about any of the jobs the press keep pushing on him. In the guardian article where the headline makes it looks like he's got crisis meetings lined up what he actually says is:
To work next season at Brighton, I don’t need to extend. At the moment, we finished the discussion about contracts but not because I have decided yet to leave.
My focus is on Brighton this season and the next season but before we start the next season I would like to speak and listen to the plan for the team – it is a serious thing. I want to know the target and what we are playing for. I have already spoken to Tony [Bloom, the owner] and in the future we will talk again about the plan for next season and then we will find a solution but both the club and myself need to be happy.”
That's it. In terms of his future that's pretty much all he's been saying for months.
In my opinion the only thing extra he could say is....now stop asking me the same shit questions!
Suspect the reality is quite boring in that he’s in discussion on a regular basis about all sorts of stuff and it’ll be worked out in due course