Today’s fluff is repeating itself a second time as farce
Time was when you could read the transfer runes by deciphering the off-the-cuff utterances of managers as they wound down their car windows; now, it’s all about players’ social media activity. What else are we to make of the kerfuffle surrounding the decision of RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner to unfollow his own club after they used him in a tweet about Liverpool’s defeat at Watford on Sunday? The fact that the striker has also unfollowed everyone else, thereby denying himself a daily diet of thoughtful and reflective opinion, has not stopped gossip-mongers everywhere from adding two and two and making 10, and concluding that Werner must be Liverpool-bound.
Jürgen Klopp may face competition for the striker from
Manchester United, however, as part of what the Express bills as a mouthwatering transfer battle between the north-west rivals this summer (what with it being a while since these two provided us with a mouthwatering battle on the actual pitch). And not just over Werner either; they’ll be tussling away over Jadon Sancho too, with United prepare to smash the
Premier League transfer record by shelling out more than £100m for the young Dortmund striker.
Real Madrid and PSG are also interested in him, mind.