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Originally Posted by thenry
theres a few good sources on there. doubt its much to worry about. Vertonghen wants to join Arsenal. this just gives them a bit more of a front on gaining a better deal
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Again. Which sources?
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
There is always a colonel of truth to these stories
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Usually a agent trying to spark interesting or someone making guesses into likely targets. Someone gets a question to the player 'There is a rumour x are interested in you?" to which the only PR friendly answer is 'x are a great club, it's always flattering to be linked to such clubs but my focus is on my team'. This is then used to reinforce the rumour.
It reminds me very much of this
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I am all for the players we have been linked to but this pattern repeats itself every transfer window. It's amazing the amount of players we're linked too with people being sure 'the deal's almost done', 'advanced talks' and so on. Never anything to back them up, is just they are 'in the know', they have it from 'someone close to the club'.