Sam Lee on reddit:
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Nah I mean it, it does seem legit. Source is obviously a guest at the wedding (or at least that’s how it looks). People in football go out of their way to keep news like this away from reporters, but conversations are always had between family and friends of course. If this reporter knows somebody at the wedding - bingo. I think the transfer fee is a bit wishy washy. Low down in the story it talks about players maybe being involved, so my guess is
- guest or guests at wedding hear from Kane/Kane’s family he can go
- Sun showbiz reporter knows this person/people
- figures a bit wishy washy but the other info is so strong (or at least sexy!) that they’re happy to go with it (happens a lot, you don’t always have the full details but if you know something is happening then that’s strong enough)
Saw a Spurs fan saying he thinks Kane or his family have leaked it to the Sun but I don’t think that. Maybe they have, maybe this forces it, but I don’t think so.
There’ll be a load of stories tomorrow. Hopefully one of my own! But once stories like this come out, the people who were sworn to secrecy find it easier to confirm. Previously they didn’t want to be the leak. Imagine a big story comes out and there’s an inquest at the club/with the player, you don’t wanna be the leak. But now it’s out there, it’s safer if you wanna say “yeah it’s on”. Also, the clubs will probably get involved. Maybe they’ll go quiet but if we’ve got a confirmation story, if the Mail have, the Telegraph etc, the clubs will want their side out. Spurs will say it’s £160m, City will say nowhere near that (I’m guessing). Maybe they’ll just say it’s all bollocks but I can believe that this came from a guest at the wedding.
Also, Martin Blackburn has done a follow-up story of his own and I think if City had any issues with this (I could be wrong here as my relationship with them is hardly great) then they would’ve nipped it in the bud early. Although maybe they have denied it, the Sun have run with it anyway as they’re confident and Martin’s in a tricky position. Anyway, we know MB is great so the fact he’s done a follow-up on the transfer fees and the players likely to leave is, for me, just as interesting as the story on the front page.
Edit: apparently Kane’s brother follows the showbiz reporter on Instagram! So maybe it is a strategic leak. Anyway, there’ll be loads of updates tomorrow."