In respect of (2), we have just signed Percy Tau who will need to play in Europe for a year before he can get a work permit for us, so the club are very prepared to do this.
Naylor's source is either the agent - who he just interviewed - or the club. The agent could easily have given an 'emphatic no' if the club had asked him to keep it quiet. The club will have their own tactical reasons for anything they say about transfer business.
In short, who knows ? I...
If we sign Morteza, then we'll have 16 definites of the 17 permitted non-HGPs in the squad.
We will also have Hemed, Skalak and Suttner - so 2 of these wouldn't make the cut.
I assume Skalak will leave.
If Hemed leaves, either Baldock stays in the squad ( but I'm sure he is going so perhaps...
A much better option than Moore ( £15 million ).
No need to worry about him being non-HGP, Suttner or Hemed could make way to give him a place in the 17 allowed.