It's also very much unlike McInnes. If he's paid a fee for someone, he'll usually, by hell or high water, find a place for them in the team. I mean, look at May?
I find the whole things very bizarre and hopefully one of the options you mentioned KFP (being given time) is how it pans out.
That said, as I said in the other thread, I wouldn't be bothered if we never saw him or Gleeson again.