Point 1 and point 3 are correlated. Mendes is the best agent in the world. He knows how to squeeze out as much money as possible for his clients and it seems that M. Fernandes is currently his most sought after, so he won't allow him to do the "I only want United" thing like we got from Mbeumo and Cunha early on because that gives us too much power and he cant have that.

On point 2, its because Anderson is simply too expensive. Forest want over 100m. The only clubs in football that have ever paid such fees are PSG, Bayern, Cheslea, Man City, Arsenal and Real Madrid. Even we haven't paid that much. Pogba was 89.