G5 -
As stated before, club seem to be gearing more towards a defensive signing before the creative midfielder signing in terms of priority.
They can't yet make their mind up regarding Grealish or VDB. Both are still possible, but the club is dragging. It's starting to have the feel of Bruno last summer, where could legitimately see the decision pushed out to the next window. The position is a priority, but perhaps not as high priority as it would've been before. They don't want to make the wrong call.