Neil McNab said:
I knew what Chinese whispers was all about many years ago thanks. I don' think many just read one paper and take it as gospel, credit the Bluemooners with a little more intelligence than that, you can tell the difference between waffle (MEN & YOUR POST FOR EXAMPLE), re-hashed and stories with substance where someone has stuck his head above the parapit. Real's player, get use to the fact!
In which case, everyone who stuck their head above the parapet over the last couple of days to say he was ours were wrong. As are most journalists every day of the week - they say multiple things on every transfer and then have selective memories after the event.
The only 'fact' the papers are reporting is that Madrid and Malaga have agreed a fee. I haven't seen any confirmation from either club or anything to say whether we have agreed a fee or not either. Once the fees are agreed, it's still down to Isco. He may well choose Madrid, but that has still to be resolved. These reports are coming from Madrid based papers which I suspect sell many more papers when they have positive news about Madrid.