THE conclusion of the Robbie Blake saga moved a few steps closer after a meeting between his agent Paul Stretford and Clarets chairman Barry Kilby.

And Kilby today admitted: "It is now just a case of sorting out the minutiae.

"Nowadays you can never say a deal is done until it is signed but we are very close.

"But the fact is that with the player having an injury at the moment there is still a very strenuous medical to go through.

"We have to be 100 per cent certain there is no serious problem.

"And we have taken our time over the deal because there is no immediate chance for him to play and we want to get it right.

"We are making sure we spend every pound wisely."