“I know that Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada and Evann Guessand will train tomorrow and hopefully be available for Brighton next Sunday.
“We have a pretty clear agreement and commitment that it’s either JP Mateta or somebody else.
“I don’t know what the situation is. But I know if JP leaves, a striker comes in. Let’s see what’s happening.
“I would prefer not to be talking the day before the deadline about transfers. My wish would be that everything had been sorted two weeks ago, so we could train and focus on development.
“I think we have to take a step backwards. Maybe two or three more players are coming in, then we have five or six new players all of a sudden, and it feels like we are starting again from two years ago. Having to teach them how we want to play and how we want to attack.
“Right now, there are too many misunderstandings. They have to get to know each other, the way we want to play, the areas we want to attack and the way we want to defend.
“Even Brennan is a new one, and Evan Guessand will be a new one. This, for us, is taking a step backwards.”
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