- Apr 1, 2005
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I'm going to guess you mean can't afford (sorry if I have misread and not understood, happy to corrected) - I have no doubts we were ever going to go that high for him - thing is I doubt anyone was. A deal is there to be struck and the noise from those in the know has been for the most part still positive - even if we couldn't afford to offer the total they were looking for at the outset.
Yes can't.
All these negotiations are fluid and will change.
I'm sure the club has a plan of what transfers they think they can achieve at the start of the season. But it's only from one perspective. You have numerous clubs, agents, players involved that have their own perspectives.
We'll see what happens. We are just chatting what we think might happen.