Depends how do you read a real negotiation.
A real negotiation for me is like the one we had for Alonso, Dzeko, Borriello we've been linked to them several times some rejected us and did say so others sticked with their teams.
I don't remember one of our Mang going to London for Modric, not even a rumor, but I do read Motta is going there and here for this or that player, Secco and Blanc were there for Alonso example.
We were linked to some with hundreds if not thousands of players in the last 10years, I'm pretty sure not even 20% were real.