This has just been posted on Twitter funnily enough by wba xtra who was ahead of everyone including Romano on the MP deal.
"Not sure many people know this but I was told Guochuan Lai personally accepted the bid for Matheus Pereira from al hilal. Ken ect was holding out for more. Lai intervened and accepted #wba"
Then goes onto mention other suggestions that can't be discussed on here for obvious reasons.
Clearly the deal Lai made for MP gets worse and worse with every passing day as we see other transfers take place.