Indeed, although omitting to get Kirchner to pay the required deposit prior to exchange of contracts seems a school boy error to me.

Now the story about Rooney's agent loaning the money for the wages has come out, it does make it seem as if our Wayne had a pecuniary interest in CK taking over and the failure to complete means he won't benefit and so he has gone.

So perhaps he was another one seemingly having the wool pulled over his eyes by CK! I am constantly amazed at how easy people are impressed by what a person says and how they behave, rather than look closely at the detail, because in my experience the ones who sound too good to be true often are.