@ditton-donkey
One option could be that his injury was at his employment! Hence the long period where he has been recovering, presumably with his employer's approval, and with the club waiting to see if he would be a player after recovery.
There would be financial implications too complicated to be made public and nor should they!
We have parted company - end of saga. Both club and Tomkins seem to be happy with the end result.
@ditton-donkey
One option could be that his injury was at his employment! Hence the long period where he has been recovering, presumably with his employer's approval, and with the club waiting to see if he would be a player after recovery.
There would be financial implications too complicated to be made public and nor should they!
We have parted company - end of saga. Both club and Tomkins seem to be happy with the end result.
Which employment ? If it is the end of the saga why you coming up with guesses ?