Repeating what MM said, not whether he's right or wrong. My opinion on Hughes if he was on the list, I'm pretty sure he'd be signed up by now and we're reading far too much into his contractuals.
we have a good relationship with fulham, so it wouldnt surprise me if we were waiting for them to get something sorted so they'd let us talk to hughes
If we had a good relationship with Fulham we would have tried to deal no matter where Fulham were in their search for a replacement. Remember Hughes RESIGNED.