I know everyone is going all in on the club at the moment and rightly so but feck me, more incompetence. Would have been better than what we currently have for sure, but how do we get to a stage where we are not sounding players out through 'intermediaries' e.g. if we offer you £xxx salary + £yyy bonus would you sign. Then go and sort with the selling club, but no, another player where we agree a deal with the parent club and we are miles apart from the player. Feels like we are negotiating worse than the brexit squad !!
Edit As others dont blame the club for walking away but christ on a pony do the ground work before you agree terms with the club, utter amateur hour.