Transfer rumours dominate pretty much 24/7 now – even during the months outside of the summer and January transfer windows!
This has been true for years of course, but the addition of social media has only fuelled the fire – or at least given it a new dimension.
For a number of years now a player ‘following’ a club, ‘liking’ a tweet or even posing in clothes of a certain colour has become big news.
You almost wonder if players are tempted to use resources like nordvpn.com/what-is-my-ip to make sure they’re not too easy to hack – just imagine the stories if people got hold of their browsing history!
Back in the summer of 2016 we were treated to months and months of teasing from Paul Pogba before he eventually left Juventus for Manchester United.
As reported at the time by the Independent, the France international drove Man Utd fans crazy with cryptic and playful posts on his Instagram – most notably one of him where everything in the image was black and white apart from a red hat – the traditional colours of the Premier League giants.