Stage: concrete interest. The interested club has formally approached. Smaller club, but more minutes on offer. It would bring him back to his home country. He is cautious until something concrete arrives. The role on offer is not a clean fit.
Stage: the bid was rejected. It became public after the bid was rejected. Smaller club, but more minutes on offer. It would bring him back to his home country. He is cautious until something concrete arrives. The role on offer is not a clean fit.
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Signed a new contract
Moderate
Cause
He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.
Settling well into the dressing room
Moderate
Cause
A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. He is still inside the early-weeks window of a transfer.