He will probably be the sort of bloke who will let the other party begin to walk away before he is satisfied that he has squeezed every last penny out of any deal. No way would he accept the first few offers he gets for the club, when they come in.
It's negative, so people will believe it to be 100% true regardless of anything else.
Nobody knows anything. Don't get excited and as a result you won't become depressed.
Nobody knows a thing about any of it - there's literally no point in debating it if you're not prepared to accept that 99.99% of discussion is going to be completely baseless guesswork.
We're at that stage where everyone is spouting shite, knowing no more or less than they did on the day of Ashley's interview.
Why people expected some positive news this early on is beyond me.