I don't know mate, all I know is that someone who knows him personally expected it to happen on Friday. However, that was based on him and Arsenal wanting it to happen, given developments it seems as if he was back up plan for Ekitike?
The thing that gave me the most confidence was an article I read pretty early after the takeover, I forget where but it was somewhere trustworthy like the athletic or maybe Hope. It mentioned plans for January and that there was ‘no budget’. If you don’t have a budget you’ve either got no money, or so much that it doesn’t matter…