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CaseySibosadoHOF
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This is where the English language shows its beauty in how utterly ambiguous it is. Coz in "offered a multi-year deal" (the talk you mention), "deal" means "the contract offer". But in that article, "deal" seems to mean its traditional meaning - agreement (offer and acceptance). So they're not mutually exclusive.Says he is still waiting for a deal.. so the talk of having a deal on table was just speculation then![]()
Fwiw Banners mentions his manager's working it out, so I guess that report and this article can both be true, with the meaning basically being "Freo have a multi-year offer, and Banners/his manager isn't completely satisfied with it, negotiations ongoing".