Sure it’s been said but it’s a fucking huge deal.
Say tolm is told some top notch breaking news that no one has a whiff of. He’s told to keep it secret but then maybe he’ll tell close friends. Who doesn’t?
But then say one of those people passes it on to a very well known journalist and that news is spread, suddenly everyone knows what only a few people should have been privy to. Marketing is fucked, announcements are fucked, the selling club could be fucked if they haven’t got a replacement lined up yet, buying club could risk players being furious about not being told yet, player in question could be annoyed because they’re hounded about it in public.
People lose jobs over leaks. It’s a huge deal.