Sleepy Cherry
First Team
Indeed, like you say, many fans get excited about rumours involving their club and generates a lot of interest/discussion.
But have you have integrity, may not want to just make stuff up. Not sure how you;d find out real transfer deals that are bubbling half the time, unless an agent releases something to the press, or someone sees a player chatting to club officials somewhere, but I imagine that doesn;t happen in public places that often these days, to stop it getting out.
I imagine most pro clubs have processes, structure etc to follow with transfter dealings, to keep it out of the media. If it does get out in this era, I imagine its premeditated by one of the clubs involved, or the agents, rather than Joe Bloggs just saw a player chatting to xyz club officials in a hotel bar.
I guess it's about building contacts that are reliable. The old fashioned approach.