Well he's either a Joe Dinhsa, a Stalking horse for upping PH4 bid or a dead cert for something that's not for sale.
Surely to get a foot in the door you have to pass the first hurdle otherwise how would they know he would bid more than another?
In legal terms before technology advanced to this point there was the postal rule ,which discounted your acceptance whether you could prove posting in time or not .
Of course the longer this drags on the more the likely hood he will negotiate a deal to play at the RICOH.
Now TF may say this is massively frustrating for the club sorting its arrangements, Ground wink wink , but gets him massively out of Jail .