It's not going to look great if we are saying things like Wanyama is someone we are very interested in and we do our deals in our own time if he was never interested in us and wanted to sign for a bigger team.
That's an odd thing to say. I think the caution stems from seeing what has happened to other clubs that have brought in massive players on huge wages. Mad would be accepting that without question and not wondering how we can afford it all.
You might be excited by some players being linked to us (though personally I am excited when they actually sign) but astonished to be targeting really good players? Seems rather easily pleased to me.