George Russell is talking to multiple teams regarding his future, with his current contract set to expire at the end of this season

Didn't need to read the article to come to the same conclusion.

TLDR: Unless Merc can pick up Verstappen Russell won't be leaving Merc. Russell has no reason to go to another team because Merc is still one of the top teams and, unless Verstappen becomes available, there're no reason to replace Russell because there's nobody better to replace him with.

His management would be incompetent if they didn’t. Not much of a story.