And having the resources to pursue this.

At Sefolosha’s trial, the five officers testified that he had charged them.

The “official” bid thing is kind of a red herring and playing rhetorical games. A typical transfer is something like 2 or 3 years in the making, with a club “tracking” a player for several years, approaching the agent through mediators and having back channel talks with the club.

This is a correct take.