No idea if any of this is true but its easy to see how these deals can be a pack of cards. Really big players dont want to be odd one out ala Robinho. Safety in numbers.
No doubt we are in for the likes of Eto as well as Tevez, what we dont know and might never know is what the deals hinge on, other players signing, what we offer in fees or the wages the player expect to come to us.
Very interesting anyway.