PSG and Bayern supposedly want Sangare, so that seems unlikely.
Not to get you all excited, but if Chelsea get Lavia as well as Caicedo, and with West Ham getting Ward-Prowse, your swing for the fence signing might be Connor Gallagher who will presumably be surplus to requirements at Chelsea.
I’m sure I can remember lots of Forest fans spending most of last summer bemoaning our extended pursuit of MGW, when he wasn’t going to sign and probably wasn’t that good anyway.
The question is how real that “interest” turns out to be when push comes to shove. If either is genuine, we have little chance. But agents and others have been known to play similar games before, plus there’s the issue of how much he wants to play. Daniel Taylor’s latest Athletic piece (about Syrianos) mentions Sangare and says we haven’t given up on Sangare (& tried to get him a year ago), but have identified alternatives.
On FFP, how big a threat is that. No club seems to have had any meaningful penalty yet even when accused or breaching. Can see how you night take the view that a fine and/or a transfer embargo might be worth it if you've built a decent squad before the embargo.
Given how bent the game is, a big club like chelski can probably do whatever the fuck they want....some minnow like nottinghams florists will take the hit as a sop to pretending to do the right thing.
If you look at our transfer movements objectively we must be quite close to the line....less a bit of creative accounting. More transfers to olympiacos! (who have to be a bit careful about possible UEFA sanction).