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The general reaction to the news of the medical from neutrals is "why is he going to West Brom?" which I think says a lot.

To be fair, the general reaction from me is "why is he coming to West Brom?"

Fingers crossed though

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Okay, Baggie79's just shared a few thoughts on the situation; sounds like the Rondon deal's been leaked to the press earlier than the club would have liked, and although we'd nearly got it over the line, there's now a chance of the rug being pulled out from under us:


"There is a huge difference between agents contacting clubs to say he is available and it becoming public knowledge we have agreed a fee. Other clubs may have been aware of his availability and thought they would wait until the end of the window, this was 99% done and the club were doing everything they could to keep it under wraps. Now its public knowledge other teams will have to move now or never and to be fair everyone is looking for a proven CL player for £15m.

Fee agreed and wages but to be fair I really worry now about the delay. People think its great to be linked with players and they moan if nothings in the press but this is the consequence of when things become public knowledge."

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And furthermore: "Will he sign for us?  Yes, I think he will, but this [leaked story] doesn't help at all.  He hasn't passed a medical yet so I would imagine it will be Monday [announcement] at the earliest."

Further proof that we need to do our business away from the public eye and those that complain about lack of activity are not appreciative of the complexity involved for mid table clubs