I agree, I dont want to dash your hopes or anything, but I am currently searching for a PhD and saw one last year, I met with the supervisor and everything, then he contacted me saying, how suitable he thought I was, and how he and his collegues felt I would greatly contribute to their team. But unfortunately he then phoned me about a week later and told me he was sorry but he had met with someone else he was going to offer the place to. So I'd definately keep your options open if I was you