:anguish: Seriously, what a pissing about to sign someone...we should tell them to feck off and go elsewhere!! Go back and get him for zilch if he does have only but a year left on his contract. Saying that, alternatively they may be playing their fans along as I have read that they do this...show a face that they fought to keep the player so they get no backlash <cr> I would give them till late afternoon to accept a fee then tell them if they do not, we will not be held to ransom and will pick the player up for free next year...call their bluff so to speak. Its going to be a long day people