Pig Catcher » Wed May 24, 2017 3:44 pm wrote:So many journalists throw out so many links but I can't recall one reputable one that said we were going to try to bring in Mane or Karius in until it came to few weeks before the deals were actually concluded. We get linked to literally 100+ players every summer window.
Agree, a lot of journo's do just throw out names and hope some mud sticks but I do recollect reading about both Mane and Karius well before the build up to their signings.. Nowadays its' very difficult to keep things hushed up. What with agent's and even the selling clubs leaking info to the media to suit their agendas.
Klopp may well be talking to players himself, but the players agent will know and God knows who else associated with the player/agent will know. Things can trickle down and then out quite easily, especially with the advent of social media. Secondly, clubs who we are up against for the same players may well know we are in for the same player, and the leak could be at that end.
The days of a manager dealing straight with the player and doing a deal on the quiet without it being leaked are long gone. Can still happen, but there are many more parties with a vested interest in a transfer nowadays