That's the thing...
You can be sold a vision (coach, other players, lifestyle, facilities etc) but you'd have to be naive to think money isn't discussed at some point....
It might not be all the dotted i's and crossed t's, but if they say something like we are looking at signing a top tier halfback and are willing to pay 800k - 1M for the right candidate, would you be interested?
Come Nov 1, your form will dictate if you are on the low or high end of the scale.
Reality is that they are probably talking detailed money but not announcing anything till a contract changes hands