Untenable position?

Is it too easy to now suggest what was the point of going through years of arbitration and hearings and burning money when had they accepted he was their player straight up, (which let’s face it was the likely outcome) the club could then have use that fact as the legal basis for litigating as they are now doing?
 
Is it too easy to now suggest what was the point of going through years of arbitration and hearings and burning money when had they accepted he was their player straight up, (which let’s face it was the likely outcome) the club could then have use that fact as the legal basis for litigating as they are now doing?

Do you mean "had they accepted he was our player"?