Obviously there is no evidence that Erik ten Hag ‘disagrees’ about anything with Manchester United but there we go. Plus, Brendan Rodgers is blameless at Leicester.
Can we all agree to ‘disagree’?
Pretending something is happening is all part of the fun of the international break. But that should not include just merrily making up quotes to sell a LIVE blog that really should be retired for a week.
‘Arnold ‘disagrees’ with Ten Hag on transfer policy’ is quite the opener on the Manchester Evening News.
Those little commas in the air around the word ‘disagrees’ (there they are again) are what are commonly known as quote marks. That means somebody must have said or written the word ‘disagrees’.
Here is their update in full:
‘United are already planning for the next transfer window, but are reportedly split on their policy for it.
‘The Athletic say that Erik ten Hag wants to make more signings in January, but chief executive Richard Arnold wants to wait until summer.’
Obviously we then click on The Athletic. And then obviously nobody says or writes the word ‘disagrees’.
And the band played on at the MEN, who have our click and quite a few more based on them happily quoting nobody at all.
Can we all agree to ‘disagree’ again?
Actually, a little more investigation shows us exactly who the MEN were quoting with their claim that Ten Hag and his bosses have ‘disagreed’. Here’s Monday’s headline from the Mirror website:
‘Erik ten Hag and Man Utd’s three senior chiefs disagree over transfer plans’
And this, ladies and gentleman, is the circle of modern journalism. One website re-writes an Athletic story, uses a certain emotive word in the headline and then their sister website gets to stick that emotive word in quotes. At some level it’s genius; at another it’s despicable, but you say tom-a-to, I saw tomato and all that.
The Equaliser
The Mirror are not done with this story on Tuesday:
‘Erik ten Hag faces running into own Ed Woodward scenario at Manchester United’
Because that’s an entirely normal response to the news that Erik ten Hag may not be granted his wish to add to his squad in January after Manchester United overspent in the summer.
No news like old news
While we’re on the subject of pretending there is a flood of Manchester United transfer news, this is the top story on the Express website on Tuesday morning:
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