Nothing to see here - this is just a further episode in their campaign of misinformation to their own fans that they are genuinely in for the biggest players in the world, and have the kind of money required to compete for these players - neither of which are true.
We will see a lot of this over the course of the summer - like Moyes' comments about having no budget to adhere to (which is more or less true, but not in the sense that he meant it!), and subsequent story that they were going to buy Bale and Ronaldo - which is so clearly absolute rubbish that surely only the most gullible, myopic and pig-thick Rags would actually fall for it. Which is most of them, to be fair - so it should work!
Its a load of bollocks, designed at keeping their fans on side during a period of transition for them, and the encroaching realisation that they've got a shit Manager and a squad that's been punching above its weight for a couple of seasons now due largely to the man who has just left them. And the Club needs them to keep buying their season tickets and piling into the Club shop despite these two glaringly obvious facts.
Barcelona won't sell after losing Thiago, Fabreags has already said this summer that he doesn't want the move, and the Rags can't afford him. For these three reasons, this move isn't going to happen.
