I think the point is, Mark's saying that Citeh were on the verge of shipping Hart out, they'd gone with Given. McClennan's saying that Hart was never going to be shipped out, he was merely being loaned out to give him game time.
I'm with McClennan on this. There's no evidence that Hart was going to be sold by Citeh. He just shocked them with his performances so that rather than having another year or two out on loan, he was good enough to bring back as their number 1.