If we really are ‘in’, pulling out would seem very premature. I’m sure that the recruitment team will have the protection of having other targets who’ll they’ll having coming if we don’t pull this particular lad off.
That’s true but if we’ve been making enquires about this player and he is ‘interested’ in a European move, I’m not sure our recruitment team would be that happy about him signing a new contract last week. How many millions would that have put on the price overnight? Perhaps the agent and the...