"It is understood the length of Potter’s contract with the Seagulls was one of the matters under discussion yesterday."
You know when the negotiations on contract length happen and sometimes they take a while, I always wonder how stuff like this actually goes down?
I imagine it works something like this:
Paul Barber: "We are thinking a four year contract"
Potter: "I was thinking five years"
Paul Barber: "Four years"
Potter: "Five years"
Paul Barber: "No, four years"
Potter: "Come ooooon, Five years"
Paul Barber: "Four"
Potter: "Come ooooooooon"
Paul Barber: "Okay Five"
Potter: "Yay!"
I could be wrong.
Paul Barber "Okay Five... as it'll take me 4 years to write it, anyway".