That just shows it's pointless keeping up with the minutiae of transfer gossip and hearsay, and especially using it a basis to judge the clubs involved.
It does make you wonder, hypothetically if a PL club had the entire England team/squad on its payroll, couldn't the manager just be England manager as well?
The teams above has have had years of extra investment to underpin everything. And they didn't have the regulations in place that exist now to hold them back.
My post probably wasn't clear but I can't see it happening for the wages reason. I'd be fine if he joined but can't see them breaking the wage ceiling for him.