Thiago Alcantara Quotes

OK, so I never had a transfer in my career, but I used to love deadline day: Dimitar Berbatov turning up at Manchester airport with hours to go, Robinho coming to Manchester City instead of Chelsea.

Liverpool has always had speculation about managers, players, players coming, players going and it's the same as managers. That's part of being part of a big club, you always have that type of thing.

There's one thing I've never seen in a paper. Jamie Carragher linked with this or that club.

I've been trying not to think too much about the rumours of clubs being linked with me.

Ha, some days ago the same people were one hundred per cent sure that I'd signed for Red Bull! So much for that.

There are always going to be ridiculous rumours.

In the world of football, it is normal that rumours come from the media. It is something that I'm used to.

It is nice to see your name linked to some teams, but I am a Hull City player and as far as I'm aware it is just rumours.

When you come to Manchester United, in every transfer window - whether the team is doing well or badly - there are always players linked with the club because this club is always linked with the best players.

Donald Trump always is looking for some conspiracy.

Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures.

Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports.

Speculation and rumor is nothing new in the industry.

Manuel Pellegrini had convinced me to go with him to Manchester City. I was doing very well at Malaga, but I accepted.

The situation at West Brom is very difficult for me because I've been there for so long but I've not played that many games for them.

Everyone was saying everywhere that I absolutely wanted to leave Tottenham. That's not true.

I think too many obituaries have been written about me.

It's true there were a lot of clubs interested in me - I had talks with some of the biggest clubs in Europe.

The day I heard Juventus were interested in me, my mind was made up.

Aren't rumors great. Anyone can start them. They're a wonderful way to put out feelers. It's like getting the benefits of a publicist without paying one.

The subject of a rumor is always the last to hear it.

Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering.

You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.

They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs." Tommy spins me again and grins at me. "And when I say you and Sean Kendrick, I mean you and Sean Kendrick. And by burning, I mean burning.

We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming.