Feel free to pull me up over this but my understanding is that usually deals go like this.
- Identify player we are interested in
- Bid for player
- Agree terms with player
- Sign player to contract
Now, all this talk about us being close to signing X and Y (Before the jokes come out yes they can play in goal and in the hole) and I haven't seen any official confirmations of us reaching step 2 for any player we are linked with currently.
But people still expect signings tomorrow?
Identify
Agree Terms (Agent)
Bid
Wait
Agree Terms again
Sign