Romano starts most of his rumours with ‘terms agreed with player’. As you say - irrelevant. Chelsea are on an FFP tightrope so need to be really careful. Ajax on the other hand have extracted their full value for Bassey from Fulham and will demand £40m for Kudus up until the final day of the window when they’ll probably be up for a little less as he has refused to sign a long term contract. However, he’ll be gone by then. I hope it’s to us.Agreeing terms with the player doesn’t mean that much... see Moises.
I reckon they are planning their backup and I think it’s a ploy in a game of brinkmanship with Brighton.
Winstanley is probably determined to get one over us, or at least hold his own.