As I said in a previous post, A deal isn't lost until the other Party has signed with a competing 3rd Party; everything is still in negotiations,...until it isn't. It's part of the negotiating process.
I believe the term used was, Renegotiation Definition of Renegotiation: Negotiation of something again in order to change the original agreed terms.
Well, that's sort of a matter of interpretation. He never said he had a signed deal, either. And it was probably only off the table until he got rid of the liabilities, which he did. So there were a bunch of bumps and milestones taking place as part of negotiating the deal that weren't detailed.