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There were lots of smokescreen CMs last summer - Imbula, Kramer, Bender, McCarthy etc - that we've actually be shown to have gone nowhere near. So I wouldn't read everything into the Batyuashi noise
I think with anything, there are so many steps, and we don't know who, at what level, leaked a snippet to the press. In the Times article today about the stadium, it said that we we're planning on inquiring about Batyshuai as our first target. That's very, very early. ITK and a few journos saying we're further along than that having possibly already agreed terms.
Also, presumably, we scout, inquire, discuss many, many players. Poch was clearly aware of Batyshuai in a presser, so we've at least looked at him, and no doubt someone has asked about his interest.