Except they were accepted. They actually had a fee agreed last summer and agreed personal terms. The transfer fell through due to his replacement not coming into Deportivo: Argentinian Guido Carrello’s proposed move from Monaco to Deportivo.
Actually Pritchard denied he ever went near the M25 on that fateful day. And had decided to sign for Norwich before he even left home.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11709/10524070/alex-pritchard-apologises-to-brighton-after-norwich-u-turn
Babble and definitely on the internet and not an Andone deal yet (sorry) but hardly dragging and so far 2 pretty kosher sources - originally Sky's La Liga correspondent on Friday
http://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11095/11377655/guillem-balague-twitter-qa-live "close to signing" (i'm...
He talks up all our players , for the purpose of the squad, keeping players motivated and thats his style but to suggest its with an eye to selling them is a different thing altogether.
can you imagine what Hughton would say if Bloom/Barber asked him to talk up a player or even pick a player for a game in the window to bump up his price.
I guess most coaches would react like CH would. ie: tell him where to shove it.
Well you'll see when they pick the team for Sunday's match i guess. Not sure why everything a coach does or says is some sort of mind game to sell a player.
Looks like the coach at Deportivo is changing to a 4-4-2 to accomodate Andone back into the team (alongside Perez) after their disappointing first half of the season where he has hardly featured.
https://www.riazor.org/cristobal-prepara-un-cambio-de-sistema-con-andone-en-el-once/
The source for this is
https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/torremarathon/2017/08/30/depor-rechazo-16-millones-euros-brighton-andone/00031504104767511708800.htm
The bad google translate says
"he English club wants to shore up its project with the addition of Andone, which is expected to make...