In case you aren't aware that's how negotiating works, we offer 10million they say no we want 18m. We say we'll give you 12 they say 16 and we meet somewhere in the middle. That's why all this takes so long on top of signing on fees, contract length, sell onclause, relegation clause, image rights, agent fees other fees etc etc etc.
We won't pay £18m but why would this have been going on for days unless villa had indicted we had a chance of getting him.
We aren't Chelsea so that's why it takes us longer to iron it all out.