Total and utter nonsense planted by the club. I mean seriously mate, that Diaz 'bid' was apparently structured as some kind of swap deal that involved James Rodriguez, a 30 year crock who everyone and their granny knew we were desperate to get off the wage bill.
We spent £1.7 million in the summer because we had £1.7 million to spend. Why do you think an out of work former RS manager who lived around the corner had a pretty much free run at the job? Why do you think Carlo Ancellotti referred to us as a Fiat 500 last week?
We are in absolute dire straights with Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules, and will be for a good while longer.