When did he state that? We could have told Cesc "you can leave but wait until after the World Cup while we spread bullshit about other bids to get a better price for you."
That's possible but you don't accept the first offer. If it's close to the end of the window and they only increased it once then dump him off obviously.
This was the first offer. If they made a lower bid before we'd know about it.
We have 120 million before player sales. If we had a clue we would wait until they give us more money. I guarantee they would have increased their offer.
We have enough money even if he isn't sold. I've already given examples of Ozil and Luiz who went for good prices even though only one club was in for them.
It's a terrible price and we should have much more. We don't need to sell Cesc either, it's because we want to same with Chelsea and Luiz. The ban only affects us in buying players not in selling them.