Chelsea have accused Monaco of acting “unprofessional” after their deadline-day pursuit of midfielder Lamine Camara fell apart, even though the Senegal international had already undergone a medical in France.
The 22-year-old had been lined up for a £47.1 million switch to Stamford Bridge, but Monaco later informed Chelsea in writing that the deal would not go ahead, delivering the message shortly after the 23:00 BST transfer deadline had passed.
Chelsea had moved for Camara after sanctioning Enzo Fernandez’s £125m transfer to Manchester City, with the Monaco midfielder viewed as the player to fill the gap left in their midfield.
Chelsea left frustrated by Monaco
The Blues had previously seen two offers rejected for Camara before Monaco appeared to soften their stance and show a willingness to enter serious negotiations.
Chelsea believed a transfer agreement had finally been struck after Monaco lowered their asking price, a shift that came amid fresh uncertainty surrounding Folarin Balogun’s proposed move to Everton.
Camara subsequently underwent his medical in France on Tuesday evening, increasing Chelsea’s confidence that the move would be completed.
However, the London club were later informed that Monaco would not sanction the transfer.
Chelsea sources reportedly described the situation as “unprofessional”, while the French club did not provide an explanation for its decision.
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Balogun deal linked to collapse
Sources familiar with the situation believe Monaco’s change of position was connected to Balogun’s transfer to Everton.
Monaco had been keen to sell the United States striker during the summer and were reportedly looking for a significant departure from their squad.
Balogun’s potential move to Everton had appeared uncertain, prompting Monaco to lower their valuation of Camara and allowing Chelsea to make progress.
The midfielder had featured in Monaco’s 2-0 victory over Marseille on Sunday, while Balogun was not included in the squad.
Once Everton’s move for Balogun appeared to regain momentum, however, Monaco seemingly reconsidered Camara’s departure.
Chelsea are now left without the midfielder they had targeted to replace Fernandez, who has completed his record-equalling transfer to Manchester City.
Camara, who joined Monaco from Metz in 2024, will remain with the Ligue 1 club after the dramatic collapse of his proposed move to Stamford Bridge.
Key Issue Left Unaddressed in UN Chief’s High-Stakes Talks With Iran’s President
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met Tuesday with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as Iranians detained after January’s nationwide protests continue to face prison terms, alleged torture, and an increasing number of death sentences and executions.
According to the U.N. readout, the meeting took place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek. The statement said Guterres discussed the humanitarian and economic fallout from the conflict involving Iran, while emphasizing diplomacy and adherence to international law.
The summary did not reference Iran’s handling of protesters, the reported torture allegations, or the use of executions and death sentences.
At Tuesday’s U.N. briefing, News Media asked whether Guterres had raised those concerns directly with Pezeshkian and, if he had, why they were omitted from the official account. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the secretary-general, responded that he had “nothing to add to the readout.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
But Dujarric said Guterres had raised the issues with senior Iranian officials in other meetings.
“I can tell you that in other meetings with senior Iranian leaders, in New York and other places, the secretary-general has raised those issues directly,” Dujarric said.
“We have, from this podium, on behalf of the secretary-general, condemned in no uncertain terms the use of the death penalty in Iran, as we stand against the death penalty in every country.”
The exchange comes as human rights organizations report that Tehran’s crackdown has continued months after the January demonstrations.
Iran International reported Aug. 7, citing rights groups, that more than 60,000 people were detained across Iran after the protests, while some independent sources put the number of people summoned, detained or interrogated above 100,000.
Iranian security forces allegedly killed detainees and burned bodies during protests, with clashes continuing in Kermanshah, Rasht and Mashhad despite government claims. (NCRI)
In Ardabil province alone, roughly 800 people were arrested during the protests, according to the report, which cited the Human Rights Activists News Agency, or HRANA. As of early August, at least 54 remained in Ardabil Prison, including 29 who had not yet received a hearing.
New figures released Tuesday show the punishments have continued. In its monthly report published Sept. 1, HRANA said it documented 78 executions across Iran in August, including two people executed in connection with the January protests. Iranian courts issued 21 death sentences during the month, including against 10 defendants in an Isfahan case stemming from the protests.
The group also documented six cases of forced confessions, four cases of prisoners being beaten, four transfers to solitary confinement and nine cases in which detainees were denied access to legal counsel.
HRANA reported Aug. 31 that 13 people arrested during January protests were sentenced to a combined 24 years, three months and one day in prison. Four of the defendants also received a combined 196 lashes, while one was sentenced to two years of exile.
The crackdown has also increasingly involved capital punishment. Iran International reported Aug. 26, citing HRANA, that two additional January protest detainees had been sentenced to death.
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The same report cited the U.S.-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center as saying it had documented 950 executions in Iran since the beginning of 2026, including at least 30 protesters.
Among those imprisoned is Seyed Ahmad Seyedabdollahi, a 32-year-old psychologist whose case News Media reported in August.
Seyedabdollahi posted an English-language video Jan. 4 appealing directly to President Donald Trump to support Iranian protesters. He was arrested 10 days later and ultimately sentenced to seven months in prison and barred from government and public services for five years.
His relatives told News Media that Iranian authorities later pressured him to record another video insulting Trump and Americans. News Media could not independently verify those specific demands, but IranWire reported Aug. 11 that security agents instructed him to read a prepared anti-Trump script on camera and that he repeatedly refused despite alleged threats and coercion.
His relatives also alleged that Seyedabdollahi was subjected to solitary confinement and torture.
Hana Human Rights Organization reported Aug. 9 that he had been held in Borujen Prison since July 7 and that authorities opened a second case against him on a charge of “propaganda against the system of the Islamic Republic.”
Iran publicly hanged Abolfazl Sepahi-Badjani Tuesday over his alleged role in January’s nationwide anti-government protests. (Human Rights Activists News Agency )
The fate of Iran’s detainees also surfaced Tuesday at the U.N. Security Council as France assumed the rotating presidency for September. The Security Council’s official presidency list shows France holding the September presidency, with Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont serving as council president.
Asked by News Media whether France planned to address Iranians detained after the protests and reports of torture and executions during its presidency, Bonnafont said the council’s central focus on Iran this month would be Tehran’s nuclear program but stressed that those discussions would not take place “in a vacuum.”
“You referred to this matter with the situation of the civilian population in Iran,” Bonnafont told News Media, according to a translation of his remarks. “They are the victims of the choices made by the Iranian authorities for years now, with these episodes of mass repression to which you referred.”
Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian American environmentalist who spent years imprisoned in Iran before his release in a 2023 prisoner exchange with the United States, previously described to News Media the conditions detainees can face inside the Iranian prison system.
Tahbaz said he spent four months alone in a small cell under a bright light that remained on 24 hours a day. He was allowed out twice a day for about 10 minutes and was blindfolded whenever he left the cell.
He described the IRGC intelligence facility at Tehran’s Evin Prison as “probably the harshest and toughest imprisonment that any prisoner will go through.”
Tahbaz said one of the most difficult aspects of being held by Iran was knowing that even the end of a prison sentence did not necessarily mean freedom.
Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian American conservationist, spent nearly six years in Iran’s Evin Prison before being released with four other Americans in September 2023. (Morad Tahbaz)
“When you are a hostage … [you don’t know that], at the end of your sentence, they’ll necessarily let you go,” Tahbaz told News Media. “They’ll just come up with another charge to keep you there for as long as you’re of value to them.”
Over 60? 4 Standing Exercises That Target Apron Belly Better Than Crunches
An apron belly can be stubborn, and endless crunches often don’t deliver the results people expect. While floor-based ab work can strengthen the midsection, reducing excess belly fat typically requires a broader strategy: consistent activity, resistance training, balanced nutrition, and exercises you can perform regularly. For adults over 60, the most effective routine is often one that protects the joints while still challenging the body.
That’s why standing exercises are a smart choice when working with older adults. They engage the core while also bringing the legs, hips, and arms into the movement, helping even a brief workout feel more efficient. Because there’s no need to get down on the floor, standing routines can also feel more approachable and easier to maintain throughout the week.
The four moves below are designed to be manageable yet effective. By rotating, marching, stepping, and driving the knees across the body, you keep the core engaged while using larger muscle groups to support a higher calorie burn.
Washington Homeowner Calls 911, Finds Growling Bobcat Inside
A Washington homeowner who dialed 911 after hearing unexplained banging inside the house thought a burglar might be breaking in. Instead, officers found a very different kind of intruder: a bobcat sitting at the top of the stairs.
The strange call played out last week in Kirkland’s Moss Bay neighborhood, where police responded to the home and eventually managed to contain the wild cat. Wildlife officials later released the bobcat back into its natural habitat.
The Kirkland Police Department said the homeowner, responding officers and the bobcat all escaped the encounter without injury.
According to police, the resident reported hearing loud banging inside the home and called authorities about a possible burglary. When officers arrived, they quickly realized the suspected “cat burglar” was, in fact, a bobcat inside the residence.
To keep everyone safe, authorities used a drone to track the bobcat’s movements through the home, giving officers room to observe the animal from a safe distance while they coordinated their response.
Video released by Kirkland police shows the bobcat growling while perched at the top of the staircase.
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The unexpected house guest was safely corralled into an isolated room until the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived.
After being sedated, the bobcat was later released near Forbes Creek, close to the natural habitat where it was found, police said.
Police believe the bobcat climbed a tree and jumped through an open window, possibly after being drawn inside by the homeowner’s cat.
The resident’s cat was later found unharmed.
Officials warned residents never to approach or feed a bobcat and to give the animal plenty of space if encountered.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife also recommends that residents keep pets indoors, especially between dusk and dawn, and secure small livestock and poultry.
11-Year-Old Circumcised by Bullies in School Toilet Attack
An 11-year-old schoolboy was allegedly forced into a bathroom during break and subjected to a violent circumcision by four older pupils while he cried out in pain.
The disturbing attack has caused outrage in South Africa, where authorities say three boys restrained the Grade 5 learner as another carried out the assault.
According to reports, the older pupil pulled down the child’s shorts, tied a ribbon tightly around him and used a sharp blade to remove his foreskin without any anaesthetic or medical care.
The traumatised boy was allegedly threatened into silence before being left alone in the cubicle, bleeding and trying to cope with the aftermath of the attack.
The child, a Grade 5 pupil at Sinqobile Primary School in Soshanguve township, about 30 miles north of Pretoria, later struggled home with visible difficulty.
South African Police said he was too terrified of violent threats by the older boys to tell his teacher or his mother and suffered in silence.
Several days later his mother, aged 40, noticed her son was walking in a ‘strange way’ but he told her it was ‘fashionable new way of walking’.
In the morning her son who was still in agony could not get out of bed for school and finally he told her ‘something happened’ at his school.
An 11-year-old pupil was dragged into a school toilet at break time and brutally circumcised by four older boys (image shows illegal tools that have been used in initiation ceremonies)
There is no suggestion any of the tools shown here were used on the terrified primary school boy but they are examples of illegals tools recovered by police
The distraught mother, from Tshwane, who refused to be named to protect her son’s identity, said: ‘He wouldn’t tell me what happened.
‘He then showed me his swollen private parts and I rushed him to the doctor and it was then that we learned 4 pupils had circumcised him.
‘He said the other boys pinned him down in the school toilets during break and tied a red ribbon round his penis and cut off his foreskin.
‘My son said they were Grade 7 pupils and threatened to beat him up if he dared tell anyone. I have now opened a criminal case’ she said.
The mother refused to allow her son to go back to school but the police persuaded him to go back to pick out the four boys at an identity parade.
Police spokeswoman Captain Tintswalo Sibeko said: ‘A case of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm is being fully investigated.
‘Our Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit are investigating and no arrests have been made at this stage’ she said.
Gauteng Department of Education spokesman Onwabile Lubhelwana said that the school had not reported any similar circumcision attacks.
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The Grade 5 pupil was brutalised at Sinqobile Primary School in Soshanguve township 30 miles north of Pretoria
He said: ‘This matter is under investigation by the South African Police Service and the outcome will determine the action we take.’
Deputy school principal George Mahlungu said: ‘We are perplexed by what happened. This school is a place where a child should be safe.’
The school has 2050 pupils aged 7 to 15 and has an excellent record but the mother says her son is now too scared to return to lessons.
The doctor revealed to the distraught mother that the circumcision procedure was done in the same fashion of tribal initiation schools.
He said there were no stitches after the foreskin was removed but said that a full diagnosis can’t be given until the swelling goes down.
Social media lit up with news of the horrific attack on the boy with Patricia Mogotlane writing: ‘It’s attempted murder. This poor boy could have bled to death.’
Sibusiso Sindane said: ‘The older boys should face the full might of the law and be charged as adults. Circumcision can only be done by experienced people not schoolboys and with the consent of the boy and his parents’.
South African tribal initiation schools hit the headlines earlier this week when it was revealed 43 boys died after being circumcised in a recent ceremony.
Gruesome circumcision tools that police recovered include eye-watering rusty spears, scissors, razor blades and crudely made cutting tools inflicting life-ending injuries on some boys and mutilation.
Thousands of boys endure the traditional initiation ceremony known as Ulwaluko twice a year in summer and winter schools in South Africa.
But there are illegal schools that use untrained ‘surgeons’ to carry out brutal and unsafe circumcisions which lead to gangrene, sepsis and death.
In 2025, some 93 boys died in agony and there were 11 amputations for some boys who survived.
The Government legally licence most initiation schools which use fully trained medical experts with approved medical care which are safer for the initiates.
This year South African police clamped down on the illegal schools often run by criminals shutting down 42 of them with 40 arrests and rescuing 180 boys.
The twice-yearly Ulwaluko ceremonies mark the passage of rite of boys to manhood allowing them to sit in on tribal meetings and to marry.
The 11-year-old attacked at school was circumcised in the traditional method used at initiation schools but it is not known what tool was used to maim him.
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Mackenzie Shirilla’s Latest Appeal in Double Murder Case
Bryan Kohberger seeks to withdraw guilty plea in Idaho murder case
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the killings of four University of Idaho students, is now seeking to take back his earlier guilty plea. In a post-conviction petition, Kohberger claims he received ineffective legal representation and says his plea was shaped by coercion, misinformation and promises he alleges were not honored. The filing asks for a new trial, a move that has frustrated victims’ relatives, including the mother of Kaylee Goncalves, who said the development was disappointing but not unexpected.
In a separate high-profile case, convicted double murderer Mackenzie Shirilla has been dealt another defeat in court after the Ohio Supreme Court refused to reconsider its decision not to take up her latest appeal.
Shirilla, now 21, is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life in prison for the deaths of her boyfriend, 20-year-old Dominic Russo, and their friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan. Prosecutors said Shirilla deliberately crashed her Toyota Camry into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio, in 2022.
According to court records, Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy rejected Shirilla’s motion for reconsideration after her defense team urged the state’s highest court to revisit its June 23 decision declining to review the case.
“It is ordered by the court that the motion for reconsideration in this case is denied,” Kennedy wrote.
Convicted killer Mackenzie Shirilla has landed a prison job while serving a life sentence for the 2022 crash that killed her boyfriend and their friend, Ohio prison officials confirmed to News Media. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction)
Tuesday’s decision leaves intact a lower-court ruling that Shirilla’s postconviction challenge was filed one day too late.
Shirilla’s attorneys have argued that the missed deadline resulted from confusion over the filing timeline, including a calendar mistake involving the 2024 leap year.
The postconviction challenge sought to raise claims that Shirilla received ineffective assistance of counsel, including an argument that her trial lawyers failed to adequately investigate evidence that she suffered from Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS.
Her attorneys have argued that the condition could have caused Shirilla to lose consciousness before the crash and potentially explain why she failed to brake before impact.
Mackenzie Shirilla makes a statement to the court during her sentencing in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, August 21, 2023. (Law&Crime livestream)
The defense previously said the condition was only “cursorily referenced” at trial despite Shirilla and her family allegedly putting her attorneys on notice about it.
The latest court decisions, however, have focused on whether Shirilla’s postconviction petition was filed on time rather than the merits of those arguments.
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Under Ohio law, a postconviction petition must generally be filed within 365 days after the trial transcript is filed in the court of appeals. The court determined that the relevant transcript was filed Oct. 24, 2023, making the deadline Oct. 23, 2024.
Shirilla filed her petition on Oct. 24, 2024, the 366th day.
Shirilla argued that the clock should have started later, when juvenile bindover transcripts were filed, and also pointed to the 2024 leap year. The appellate court rejected both arguments, finding that the statute refers to the “trial transcript,” not supplemental juvenile-hearing transcripts, and that the law provides 365 days, not a calendar year.
Mackenzie Shirilla is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life for the deaths of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction)
Her attorneys later asked the Ohio Supreme Court to review the case. The state’s highest court declined to accept jurisdiction June 23 before Shirilla’s legal team asked the justices to reconsider that decision.
Shirilla’s case has received renewed public attention following the release of Netflix’s “The Crash.”
Shirilla was convicted in 2023 after a bench trial of four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.
Prosecutors argued at trial that Shirilla intentionally drove into the building to end her toxic relationship with Russo and that Flanagan was an unintended victim who happened to be in the car.
Mackenzie Shirlla, now 19, was convicted Monday of intentionally crashing her car into a brick wall to kill her boyfriend, Dominic Russo and his friend, Davion Flanagan. Shirilla posted the photo to Russo’s online obituary. (Legacy.com)
Evidence presented in the case included surveillance video, vehicle “black box” data and evidence that Shirilla’s car was traveling nearly 100 mph without braking before the crash, according to WOIO.
Shirilla has maintained that the crash was not intentional.
Her convictions were upheld on direct appeal in 2024.
News Media has reached out to Shirilla’s attorney for comment.
The View’s Joy Behar Faces Major Setback in Hamptons Mansion Sale
Joy Behar has finally found a buyer for her Hamptons estate, though the sale came in at roughly half of the ambitious price she first put on the property.
Behar, best known as the longest-running co-host on The View, purchased the four-bedroom Sag Harbor home in 2016 for $4.75 million.
The 83-year-old television veteran first listed the historic Hamptons property in November 2024, entering the market with a steep asking price of $10.95 million.
After months on the market, Behar closed the sale on August 28 for $5.65 million — about $5.3 million below her original ask, according to Realtor.
Built in 1903, the 4,500-square-foot residence includes four and a half bathrooms and has been updated with modern comforts, including a separate guest cottage.
‘This house is over 100 years old — I’m almost as old as this house!’ she joked in 2021 to Hedges. ‘But it’s a beautiful house, it has bones, and it has history.’
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Behar for comment.
Joy Behar has finally succeeded in selling her Hamptons mansion for about half of her original asking price
Behar bought the four-bedroom Sag Harbor spread in 2016 for $4.75 million
The 83-year-old TV personality began attempting to offload the house in November 2024, setting a formidable price of $10.95 million
Constructed and decorated to radiate an air of classic Northeastern elegance, the property now also boasts a heated swimming pool.
The home’s walls are lined with plenty of windows enabling natural light to stream into the building, which is nestled in a summer playground for the New York elite.
Behar’s own love affair with the Hamptons dates back to her college days in the 1960s, when she and her sorority sisters rented a vacation home there one summer.
‘I love the Hamptons,’ she raved. ‘There is no better place. To me, it resembles Provence more than any other place I’ve been, and I like it more than Provence.’
When the time came for her to snaffle up her own bit of Hamptons real estate, she had been starring on The View for the better part of two decades.
However, the manor she hoped for was not the one she eventually bought, but an adjacent house that she discovered was out of her price range.
‘I was looking at the one next door, a brand-new big house, that was too much money. I asked the broker: “Can you find out if he wants to sell this house?” The owner said: “Only at top dollar and as is.” I took it,’ she confessed.
Behar, who married her second husband Steve Janowitz in 2011 after a 29-year romance, began her bid to sell the house eight years after making the purchase.
On August 28 she finally succeeded in closing a deal with a buyer who paid $5.65 million, which is $5.3 million less than what she first requested, via Realtor
With 4,500 square feet of living space and 4.5 bathrooms, the estate was constructed in 1903 and now features such amenities as a guest cottage
‘This house is over 100 years old — I’m almost as old as this house!’ she joked in 2021 to Hedges: ‘But it’s a beautiful house, it has bones, and it has history’
Constructed and decorated to radiate an air of classic Northeastern elegance, the property now also boasts a heated swimming pool
The walls are lined with plenty of windows enabling natural light to stream into the building, which is nestled in a summer playground for the New York elite
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‘I love the Hamptons,’ Behar raved, adding: ‘There is no better place,’ and noting: ‘To me, it resembles Provence more than any other place I’ve been, and I like it more than Provence’
When the time came for her to snaffle up her own bit of Hamptons real estate, she had been starring on The View for the better part of two decades
However the manor she hoped for was not the one she eventually bought (pictured), but an adjacent house that she discovered was out of her price range
I asked the broker: “Can you find out if he wants to sell this house?” The owner said: “Only at top dollar and as is,”‘ she confessed: ‘I took it’
Behar, who married her second husband Steve Janowitz in 2011 after a 29-year romance, began her bid to sell the house eight years after making the purchase
Her listing agents Ed Gaetjens and John Wines have now admitted that the initial $10.95 million asking price had been too high
They gradually whittled the price down until by December 2025 they had arrived at $5.95 million – but three months later, they went back up to $6.995 million
‘We had started much higher, at an aspirational price, then came down to a realistic number,’ Wines explained of the $6.995 million decision
Her listing agents Ed Gaetjens and John Wines have now admitted that the initial $10.95 million asking price had been too high.
They gradually whittled the price down until by December 2025 they had arrived at $5.95 million – but three months later, they went back up to $6.995 million.
‘We had started much higher, at an aspirational price, then came down to a realistic number,’ Wines explained of the $6.995 million decision.
Wines and Gaetjens explained that the $1 million price hike was partly motivated by the $11.25 million sale of a nearby home – albeit one that had been updated with more extensive renovations than those Behar had undertaken on her house.
‘The comp next door, that house went for a lot of money, a lot more than any of us thought it would go for,’ Gaetjens revealed.
‘We told Joy that, we’re not just taking [her listing] to take it again; we want to think outside the box on this. We just need to be a little more proactive, a little more visual, a little more telling about how things could be.’
Their tactic was to ensure that the stage was set for the new owners to begin a modernizing remodel without Behar actually having to revamp the house herself.
Wines and Gaetjens devised plans with the help of architects, obtained the planning permissions that would be needed and determined the price tags for the renovations.
Their tactic was to ensure that the stage was set for the new owners to begin a modernizing remodel without Behar actually having to revamp the house herself
Wines’ contention was that ‘if we were to move forward and actually do the renovations, the price wouldn’t be $6.99 million, it would be $12 million’
‘A lot of people don’t have vision, they don’t see what the house could be. What we’re trying to do is make it more palatable. We’re all but doing [the renovation] for them is really what it comes down to,’ said Wines.
‘At $6.99 million, it’s still a steal because there’s so much room in there. We have a legitimate comp next door that allows us to say: “Here’s what a turnkey house is worth.” We know that this house will give a buyer great equity, we’re just trying to find the easiest path for someone to accomplish that.’
He added, however, that in the event that ‘there isn’t a buyer at this price, I think we will probably find an avenue to have it renovated and sell it at the higher price.’
Wines’ contention was that ‘if we were to move forward and actually do the renovations, the price wouldn’t be $6.99 million, it would be $12 million.’