First point - I’ve literally never put Romano in the top tier of journalists I’m saying should be trusted. I’m sure he has some access to the game in a general sense but for Spurs, as I’ve said repeatedly, it’s Gold, KP, JPB. Romano would be a tier below that.
Second point - maybe because the club hasn’t fed Martinez to them? I think you may misunderstand me, I’m not saying these journalists are in the room. I’m saying the club will feed them what they want to shape perceptions and manage agendas. If it’s the case that Martinez didn’t want something to be seen as a done deal before Belgium finished at the Euros, the club wouldn’t be feeding his name out?
Third point - maybe you and I don’t actually disagree on much in this debate then! I thought the implication of saying ‘people are getting worked up over rubbish on Twitter’ is to say we shouldn’t be getting worked up. And not getting worked up would suggest that things are fine. If things are not fine, the fan base has every right to feel frustrated. Maybe we shouldn’t be getting worked up because it’s a different basket of cheap free agent candidates that are available, that just haven’t been mentioned yet? Because it probably isn’t a club guy at this point.