Or, he might decide to go on holiday because he's making the most of the very limited time he gets to go on holiday knowing he has an agent back home to take care of things if anything happens whilst he's away. People read into things like this way too much, same with them being on international duty. There's no valid reason why we couldn't of already signed him despite him being on international duty, and no reason why we can't sign him whether he chooses to go on holiday or not. Clubs are extremely accommodating, if there's nothing holding up a transfer other than the player signing on the line they'll make it happen wherever he is, be it on international duty, on holiday on the other side of the world or sat at home twiddling his thumbs.