Again, why would it have forced his hand? Adam Blackmore knew he had been offered a deal and asked him the question, he just evaded it.
As we have learn't from people on here. It's not official until seen on the OS, with having a clear message sent out to the fans on what we were doing it would of helped. It would have showed we were commiting to Pochettinos ideas of trying to move upwards. Now it's just a cluster **** with the board being seen to be even weaker then they are.