Why. Should. He. Give. A. Flying. Fuck
It is absurd to expect a player to have a non legally binding personal agreement sway his decision about the next 4-5 years of his career when gifted the choice between his boyhood club and their bitter rivals. I mean wtf, If anything, the fact that he agreed to us in the first place speaks of his professionalism. Had our club finalized the deal, however that needed to happen, he couldn't have reneged as the club would have made actual contractual agreements with us at that point. The deal between the clubs is predicated on the personal agreement with the player first and foremost as he still has his contract with his current club as leverage. The only exception, which we played our role in, was to allow a deal with another club to be struck which the player also agreed to. It's very simple.