The thing about rumors is that yes, some of them are simply made up, but there are others, if you know where to look, based on who’s reporting and what’s being pushed, considering a context, that do say something and you can read implicitly on what it means. For instance, that story the other day that “City has moved on to Kane because they think Haaland will cost too much”. Someone is pushing that and there is something being said and attempted between the lines. If you wanna swallow stuff like that at face value, then you’re correct, it will be just baseless and useless. But it can be of use if you’re not that stupid