Jackett might just be stringing us along to weaken a potential rival.
Exactly.
We really can't have put all the eggs in that basket to wait until the last day for them to say "Sorry, not for sale HAHAHAHAHAHAA LOLZ".
If we have, the new recruitment guy should probably clear his desk and Robins would have some questions to answer.
It should be that we say "We will wait until Wednesday, let us know"
Tuesday comes and some random striker rumours get fed
Pompey will think "shit, they are going elsewhere here"
In the meantime Robins and the recruitment bloke are looking at a few different ones and speaking to their clubs to get a basic idea on what it would take for us to get them, Pompey either don't reply on Weds or piss about and by Thurs we go ahead with one of the other options.