I think the phrase "no offer made to club or player" seems to imply that we are backing out after Jude's choice of Real Madrid. If we are in for a player there is no way we do not speak some numbers.The tweet contains nothing of substance except to confirm that city have made no offer. It appears our 'pursuit' may then be like my own pursuit of a night in the sack with Beyonce.
As for all the rumours of "plastic" club leaking to the press, it has to be real madrid. Real are probably hoping to reduce dortmund's asking price as much as they can. Dortmund are probably using us a leverage to ask for more money, while real are painting the picture that Jude would never even consider us so that they get a reduced price.
IMO, 99.99% we wont get Jude and hopefully we get some other nice targets. This lad was not worth that money anyway..