This is just more classic positioning from their president; clearly getting disparate.
Nailing an agreement with all parties, including the 3rd party ownership, must have been complex - and will be equally so for any other English club. Won't happen quickly. You can bet if any other English club were talking to them their president would be screaming it from the rooftops. Anyone else is going to have to move in fairly promptly.
We're in pole position on this - for now.
The interesting bit will be what happens if no other club comes in........ Will Don Cortese spend the cash elsewhere to strengthen us next week, so ruling out any chance of us getting him (a player we clearly want, massively)? Will he keep it in his pocket to try and nail a last day discount deal (and risk the squad being weaker than we could be until Jan)?
Going to enjoy watching the end game on this.