Funny how, in general, everyone agrees the twitter journos are full of sh*t and don't know a thing when reporting on deals prior to them being completed. Yet when we don't manage to close a deal, for whatever reason, what they say is suddenly the truth and we're a laughing stock or a joke again.
No one will ever know what had been agreed prior to these negotations or what has been said during the negotations the past few days. If we're pulling out, there will most likely be a damn good reason as to why. What if it's actually Lyon acting all big and trying to save their faces because they fu**ed up the deal or Fekir really has a crooked knee? Now they look good towards their fans and no one suspects it might be a medical issue because they've managed to retain their star player.
We brought in Mane, Wijnaldum, Salah, Fabinho, Robertson, Van Dijk and Keita. Every single one of them was a solid deal in terms of money paid, certainly in today's market. Perhaps giving the club the benefit of the doubt on this one and not jumping to conclusions wouldn't be all so bad.
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