Claytop said:
Chelsea release a statement regarding Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
The statement says: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that yesterday it made a written offer to Manchester United for the transfer of Wayne Rooney.
"Although the terms of the offer are confidential, for avoidance of doubt and contrary to what is apparently being briefed to the press in Sydney, the proposed purchase price does not include the transfer or loan of any players from Chelsea to Manchester United"
Why would they brief the press they had been offered players?
To attempt to disrupt Chelsea?
Yep - Chelsea have put a bid in for Rooney, potentially unsettling him, so the Rags have briefed that Mata and Luiz are potentially available, thus unsettling them.
Typical Scum chatting shit to the Media - who eagerly lap it all up without questioning any of it