I feel like I am awakening from a coma. Have the past many months not happened?
You have more than enough trustworthy sources with multiple reports claiming the advanced negotiations.
You also have the obvious: a manager who has explicitly said we will be trying to sign a striker, we are club who is on the market needing the most in that position, he is a high profile player on the move, the league we play in is by far the strongest at the moment, financially we are among the very few who could pull this deal off and even a club like PSG that also could, does not offer a league or sporting project etc… we could go on and on…
But you know, you can also take from your back pocket the “we didn’t get Dani Alves” card, if you must…