False ITK fed out of the club tends to self-perpetuate as we've seen in the past. WUM's often sprinkle someone else's publicised ITK with theirs to appear genuine, etc. If memory serves Ramos publicly stoked the Ronaldinho fire and Gus the Eto'o fire. Given what we know about the way the club tries to run its transfer dealings Ramos and Gus must know the rules on non-disclosure of targets.
Which would make SC's very own ITK, Mr Dan Ashcroft, a smokescreen. mg:
Only kidding, Dan. :wink: