Surely, he’d have been part of the pre season set up if he was a genuine priority ?
He’s available for nothing next year.
But Lester are aggressive with their fees.
£80m for Slabhead
Newcastle offered £55m for Maddison and that got turned down.
And talk is Forfana is going to Chelsea for £70m minimum.
So I think they agreed everything him his team and just waiting for Lester to come begging as his transfer fee falls.
And they’ll only get him now of something sill happens like Partey raping again or someone paying £30m for Xhaka.