Well, Lille wanted him permanently (which we know) but seems like he fancied a different option after his loan and then the subsequent and multiple media reports linking him with 2 Saudi teams and 1 Turkish team were there.
Perhaps we just asked for too much...but I believe that offers were there.
Well that’s got nothing to do with us wanting to keep him has it? Part of the reason we can’t and won’t be able to shift him is his obscene wage demands, which he isn’t going to suddenly lower in January. No club at the level that he is able to play for can afford his ridiculous demands.