The only glimmer of an upside to him staying is that it's the last year of his contract so typically he should perform. I've still got my fingers crossed he won't be here but we'll just need to endure the "he said/she said" articles. All I need now is for his mum* to come out and say he's definitely staying and I'll breath a sigh of relief that he's leaving.
* I am assuming he had a mother and wasn't born of the cosmos or sent from heaven.