[St Charles Owl]

I agree SCO but the point was for weeks we have been discussing a fee with Bristol, instead of penny pinching he would have signed before the mighty Cardiff came sniffing  

But in reality you don't know that. Maybe WBA had offered 10m but the player wanted to wait to see if he got any offers from the Prem, that scenario is just as likely. Also, you may have offered say 8m, and Brizzle decided that this early in the window they could afford to wait and see what else came in. Thing is, unless you get these signings over the line before news gets out then there is always a chance for a bottom half PL team to jump in, offer a couple of million more and 15k per week extra wages, and there is nothing you can do to compete with that without ending up like us, L**ds and currently Villa!!