Who's going to blink first then?

[Nobody's Rep]

We don't actually know about the complexity of the negotiations but it's significant that those negotiations have not yet been terminated (even if they will be very shortly). The situation is obviously not as black and white as some people may think - and there has obviously been some interest by both parties in hanging on in there for a while.

But unless we think bulut was lying or being economical with the truth it was very late in the day for any conversation to start over a new deal as he was consistently asked in press conference to the point where it became a bit of a joke - granted things may have got complicated now but surely an earlier start would have been more sensible as we knew where we would be playing for some time and we knew buluts current deal ended hence making it easier to resolve in good time

[Father Dougal]

But unless we think bulut was lying or being economical with the truth it was very late in the day for any conversation to start over a new deal as he was consistently asked in press conference to the point where it became a bit of a joke - granted things may have got complicated now but surely an earlier start would have been more sensible as we knew where we would be playing for some time and we knew buluts current deal ended hence making it easier to resolve in good time

Exactly and if bulut was making all that up then surely he wouldn't have been offered anything at all.