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But it could also be a sign he will pull the plug for good because the design is too expensive and "doesn't make sense".
Economics expert Rob Wilson claims he may even be using the stand-off as an opportunity to come up with a "Plan B".
"Moving out of their home stadium for four years, spending £1billlion on redevelopment, it just doesn't add up to me.
"This is an opportunity to say this is very, very costly and the visa wrangling is a nice way to say, actually no, we're going to shelve this for a minute.