Perhaps I’m the ultimate cynic, but I believe very, very few rumours that appear in the daily rags, I don’t think anyone in club land trusts the journos, I don’t think they’re going to let them in on their personal lives, salary, where they’re going or who they’re meeting
These journos, like some people on here, are just good at putting two & two together, looking for obvious matches etc, it’s all about selling papers & satisfying their sponsors, they have to engage you somehow, so they’ll write any old shit to get you in
Perhaps I’m stating the obvious, but a hell of a lot of people in these parts see it all as gospel