Of course, the media will now do their best to deflate the City bubble with huge headlines about being snubbed.
If he really has done this out of the blue after months of negotiation without caring about the repercussions on City then we have to move on decisively and immediately and not engage in Pep like 'we will try again next Summer' nonsense.
The best way to ensure the feelgood factor stays and the bad press goes away is to turn tragedy into triumph. That would end all talk of Txiki messing up.
Let's hope he has an ace up his sleeve.
Or maybe KDB wants to play for Pep in 2016?