If it's true that we tried to hijack the Gibbs-White deal, that means we somehow have at least 25 million to spend (probably more, as surely we wouldn't spend everything we have left on one midfielder). Which leads me to believe two things are likely:
1. Gordon is being sold. How else would we have that kind of money?
2. The forward we really want isn't available right at the moment, but we have reason to believe that he will be before the deadline. Which makes me think that it has to be Broja, and Chelsea have told us he'll be available if they get in a replacement first, but they haven't yet. So we're waiting on them to finalize Aubameyang or whoever, so we can have Broja. Maybe that's why the Gordon deal isn't done yet too; we may be holding off on that one as leverage over a potential Broja deal.
So maybe if Chelsea gets Aubameyang done soon, that will be the first domino to fall, and then the real movement starts on several fronts.