Hope it does go through. I think the Rafa exit may point to a more positive outcome. If Rafa knew a bid was in, he would have stayed. Which was clearly why he didn't walk at the end of the season and seemed like he was hanging on.
However, Rafa being asked to go, seems to infer that more is going on than we being led to believe.
Timing is perfect, launch a bid when the football media is busy with world cup, 5 weeks later, cup over, deal done, pretty much all on the quiet.
Just hope it all works out.