MEN IN CRAP STORY SHOCKER

Last updated : 03 December 2003 By Editor
The MEN runs a worrying story, claiming that:

‘Rumours that Barcelona could make a shock transfer window
bid for Ruud van Nistelrooy have resurfaced’

Ruud apparently met with Barca President Laporta over the
weekend. The ‘rumours’ are not seen anywhere else though, so
they have only resurfaced through this story. The Evening
‘News’ then adds some baseless speculation, some old quotes
before admitting towards the end of the story that ‘both
players were there purely for commercial reasons’ and that
Laporta spoke to not only Ruud, but every player there –
which as we reported yesterday included Ferdinand,
Silvestre, Henry, Ljungberg and Van Nistelrooy.

Must have been a slow news day.