http://weknowmemes.com/2013/04/****-this-thing-in-particular-cat-gif/
Given how few words are censored on here, and the words in the last gif, I imagine you can guess what the word is.
If we didn't get as much as we hoped it hides that disappointment, if we got a great deal it stops others teams raising their asking price because we got so much money on this deal, if we agree to undisclosed the buying club might be willing to spend a bit more knowing their fans shouldn't know...
Stops five people starting "ssn/papers/twitter say deal done for bridcutt, £2.5/£3/£4m' then when asked why they started a new thread saying "that one was just an offer, this is the deal and people might not have noticed it in that one".
Like I think I say most transfer windows, take these amounts with a pinch of salt. The fee will be officially undisclosed. Leaks will come out to give each side the appearance of the best deal. Our side will say 4m theirs will say 2.5-3m, and it'll be something like 2.5m up front, a little bit...
Why is the initial bid reported as 2.5m, and the newer bid 2.3m. Do Sunderland not know how negotiations work, or has the payment plan changed or add ons, or did reporters round up the initial bid not realising the next increase was going to be tiny?
Looks like one of those cheeses pictures some teenage douches put on their facebook profile trying to look tough because they've got a new scientific calculator or something equally uncool.
Not really. We don't have to accept his request, and with 18 months left on his contract we're in no rush to sell so can wait for other offers or just not accept any.
But it's not like that, is it? The club comes to us with an offer. We give them permission to speak to the player. The player then gets to choose: sign a deal with the new club or stay and see out their current one.
The contract isn't broken by accepting an offer for the player, it's broken...