680 A High Asking Price

Without having to guess or even think about it, the person who looked for Twain and wanted to talk to him must be Allan Adams. 

His nose was even more sensitive than a hound when it came to money.

Twain also knew that sooner or later he would seek him out. He had ruined two of what he had considered as good deals this summer. One deal involved Ribéry, and the other was the just-concluded van Nistelrooy's "blank check-gate." The club's financial situation would be greatly improved if one of these two deals was clinched.

This time if Allan did not come looking for him, he would no longer be the club's marketing manager.

"I know you would come looking for me. Look." Twain pointed to the table with two cups of steaming coffee on it. "I've been preparing two cups these few days."

Allan felt helpless and had very few ways of dealing with a hooligan like Twain.