I think this article sums it up pretty well in terms of why he hasn't moved and that also personal terms are one of the few factors putting teams off:

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The Independent has also been told that the 25-year-old’s expected salary has been considered prohibitive by some.....But the reasoning is not quite as blunt as balance sheets alone. In a precarious and increasingly volatile transfer market, Benrahma is no longer viewed as an expensive risk, but an extravagance.

Bit uncalled for imo

You're probably right but it is very frustrating for people who read what is about to happen on here, the BBS and Twitter as well as the footie pages of the media and take it as gospel.

There are only two people that have a complete picture of what is happening transferwise and that is Parish and Freedman and I doubt whether either of them tell anyone else unless for the purpose of spreading disinformation.

Can anyone really believe that someone like Parish who likes to keep his transfer dealings quiet will really tell people like Dom Fifield what is going on knowing that he is a journalist whose job it is to publish news.

Sometimes I doubt that even Roy knows what is going on and the only other people who have an inkling are the agents of those players that the club are in touch with

I'm currently in Lanzarote enjoying 29 degrees of sunshine but unfortunately I have to keep dragging myself out of the sunshine to see if we have bought anyone else yet

I'm currently in Lanzarote enjoying 29 degrees of sunshine but unfortunately I have to keep dragging myself out of the sunshine to see if we have bought anyone else yet