I'm curious about McRae's deadline now.
I assumed it meant 'we find out on Friday (from UKBA), if it's a 'no', we'll say we walked away, if it's a yes we'll extend the deadline until we make the announcement'
However, given the earlier certainty that the visa had come through, in certain quarters, perhaps it has and Cas saw this as a chance to re-open negotiations rather than just rubber stamp the terms of the pre-transfer deadline deal. They did make a point of saying that if it didn't go through back then, he remained contracted to 2015. Looks a bit like a game of chicken, in that case.