Originally Posted by
roger_ramjet
Also correct - but it was ever thus. Clubs and players (and agents) will always have differences of opinion, get close to a deal, back off again, renegotiate etc. But all that was behind closed doors. It always went on, but not until recently under the social media spotlight that it is now: it always went on but was not bandied about by the ignorant masses the way it is now.... which creates the impression that there is a deal, then there isn't, then its back on again and there are people out there that lap it up and suddenly a "discussion" becomes a "deal" in the minds of the reader who then retweets it as fact etc.
Journalists by and large would operate within a code of practice that meant the "news" being reported was vaguely correct. That doesnt exist in social media where any idiot can say what he or she likes, and other idiots believe it implicitly as fact, because they saw it on twitter/instagram/facebook etc