I agree, something stinks here, whether zog at the last minute has thought he could squeeze out a little more from the deal and his bluff failed i don’t know.
This puts us in the position of finding another suitor quickly, but they will have the same problem of wages and a possible mercenary on their hands, or the other solution is to bring him back into the fold, tell him he can go in January if he plays his cotton socks off, to prove these extra wages he demands.