He considered himself to be "surprised" by the nature of Evertonians' negative reaction to his alleged training ground walk-out back in November.
And, yet, Morgan Schneiderlin shouldn't be as shocked as he has claimed in Friday's media.
The France international is said to have taken up an offer from first-team coaching staff David Unsworth and Duncan Ferguson to leave USM Finch Farm - alongside Kevin Mirallas - after the pair were suggested to have not been giving 100% during one particular training session.
"For myself I was surprised but there will always be some people who are going to believe what they read in the press," Schneiderlin told the Liverpool Echo.