For me the fact that Solanke wasn’t at the Euros makes this an indefensible hold up. What the fuck are we doing, starting negotiations in August for him?
Either a) we had another target which we were chasing which has now fallen thru, making Solanke a last ditch second option, or b) we fucked about for 2 months on our top target when we could’ve done all the groundwork for this deal in June.
Neither fill me with confidence.
Depends who you believe. But apparently we started talks two months ago.
What the hold up was, no idea.