They don't hate us exactly, it's just they don't like seeing us trying to be more than mid table.
With that said, if he asked to go this summer and we got a bid of >£150m, I'd let him go. The guy has given his all to the club and he deserves more than two seasons of transition. Let's be honest, right now that is what we are looking at regardless of who is in charge. We need to make a lot of changes and there is no way that we will look solid until the middle of next year.
A shot at the title would only start in the 21/22 season. He'll be 28 then and have less options than he does now.
As an extra comment, his sale would bolster our transfer kitty significantly. I know this sounds bricky but from a business point of view, we've done an Arsenal in seeing some of our most valuable assets leave for fudge all. Now we need an overhaul to not only replace those players, but to also fill in the big holes all over the pitch. >£150m would buy us 3-4 top level talents. This would be the Bale situation again, except this time we would be losing a player who has given us a lot more than a season and a half of gold.