I feel no sympathy, especially for clubs like Barcelona, who was making money hand over fist and decided to waste it on tapping up everyone to get them to move.
I must say, from across the pond, I never knew how bad Football journalism was before I became a supporter of Villa.
What a shameful headline/story. Made himself the story, idiot.
Depends on the sport and time of year. It's not quite the silly season of transfer windows but there is always enough speculation.
The problem comes in when it's stated as if it were a fact when it's plucked out of thin air. That doesn't happen with most reputable papers/sites for US sports.