Ayre was not involved in this and that is not the problem, the club didn't offer enough money to Anzhi, ditto.
Now the real question is why are the club briefing the papers on how they are 'confident' on a deal being done when they know they haven't offered anywhere near what Spurs offered,this was the same with Costa 'confident', Mkhitaryan 'confident' in my opinion they are trying to appease fans that we are looking for major targets but in reality unwilling to pay for them.