Well Ernie had said that everyone they've targetted was too expensive or was in too much demand so obvioulys negotiations had fallen apart in the offseason already.
What has that got to do with anything? You've completely missed the point.
What I was saying is that negotiations are obviously fickle and we've left it relatively late. There is no guaranty that we will start the season with a goal scoring forward. And until this is anounced its not a certainty.
It's not for lack of trying, I'm sure, Eernie, Dome, and the rest of the staff at the Phoenix have obviously been trying to sign a player since Burns left, before in all likelyhood. But the fact that things have gone on this long shows that its a tough market out there for this sort of player.
As far as your redundant question is concerned, there are one or two clubs in spain that would come close.