@JJ: JoJo, never confirmed or denied anything when the heat was on. Then his agent, tried hard to push the deal through when we presented the deal to him. Montella went on to say, he hoped JoJo would stay. His teammates said, that he must speak and decide. Prade first spoke of the possibility if a 30m gentleman's agreement and then reiterated what Dv said post their meeting in July when he was taken off the mercato. It was after that meeting that DV committed to building a team around JoJo and he lived up to it, that was all done in am effort to keep him there. So I really don't see how he was going to stay there by choice alone. Logically speaking, it was a better decision to enhance career prospects and no player in their right mind would choose otherwise, especially when theyre at the start of their careers.