This I find hard to believe.
We all know that other clubs wrap up entire transfers in under 24 hours.
Negotiations consist of:
"Club: Do you want to play for us?
Player: Yes"
Advanced negotiatins consist of:
"Club: how much?
Player: a lot!
Club: all right, you're in"
Whole thing done before breakfast. It's only us who talks to a player for a week or more.