Then why on earth wasn't the bid knocked out of the ball park with some stink on it? It's been left open by all parties at Everton. Having 'no intention' to sell is a world away from saying 'no sale, move on'.
I'm as unwilling as anyone to knock Martinez, but he's a manager working to the diktat of his employers at the end of the day.
His employers; please. If he was doing so why would he comment on it in the first place?