Shortly thereafter, however, Busch met with Leo Durocher and made him a verbal offer to manage the Cardinals in 1965.
"The Hub made a verbal offer," she said.
Evans had made a verbal offer to quit last week but that was rejected.
The following day, they also rejected a verbal offer for Barton from Middlesbrough, with Stuart Pearce asserting that a deal could still be made to keep him at the club.
They had a verbal offer on the table.
Getting a verbal offer through clearing is not fixed - there are a couple of stages to go through to finalise it.
Mansell's version is that Williams made a verbal offer, then withdrew it.
The Daily Mail reported that the player earned £8,000 per week and had rejected a verbal offer of a £15,000 a week contract from Everton.
The statement came after news reports earlier in the day that MCI Worldcom had made a verbal offer to buy Airtouch in a stock swap.
Martin visited Atlanta and Denver last week, and the Hawks made a verbal offer for six years and $85 million.