Assume? I thought it obvious once Fiorentina announced that the deal is cash only. I didn't have to read what Marotta had to say about that, it was obvious that the deal stopped being a Marotta kind of deal. What was the most he paid as straight out cash for one player? Vidal for 12M€? or how much did we pay fir Vucinic?
On this forum it is always a done deal until the first denial of the stories come out, usually from the ones that say it as it is, like club owners and sport directors.
Reading transfer news on this forum is like watching Jerry Springer.