"I hope to see him here today for talks," said Boskamp, "but we cannot be sure until we see him. It is frustrating for me, for everyone, but we keep trying. I hope he comes and I hope he wants to stay."
Hannes Sigurdsson is still certain ahead of his scheduled arrival in January.
But he admitted: "I don't know if we can get him before the end of August.
"They have to find a replacement, and maybe they also want to keep him if they stay in Europe this week."