Some big clubs are rumoured to have made enquiries, and may yet go for him, just is maybe further down the list for those clubs that can look at players with £100M price tags.
We also have picked up players from major leagues, Joel Veltman, Pascal Gross, Pervis Estupinian, Mahmoud Dahoud, are these all not good enough because a big 6 side didn't want them at the time we brought them in?
Tapping up is only looked at if a club makes a complaint, but because every club does it to some extent, complaints are rare. Chelsea made noises about making a complaint against Liverpool's approach to Colwill, apparently because Klopp was calling him directly.
I an sure the club has been through longer and tougher negotiations in recent windows, we have just had a tidbit of info from Ornstein that has given us some hope that it was nearly there. It just seems to me Kudus has agents that are doing their job and trying to secure the best deal possible...