Here at CaughtOffside, we’ve seen it all when it comes to transfer rumours and love to see just what kind of creatively ridiculous stories the rumour mill can churn out on a daily basis.
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But there’s some rumours that even we can’t stomach, and on this famous day saved for the foolish, we look at five rumours that are just so ridiculous you’d imagine are April Fools jokes – but sadly are all too true!
Glen Johnson – Liverpool to Barcelona
Dreamt up by: Sport
Barcelona linked with move to sign Liverpool wide-man
Granted there is likely to be a spot open in the Barcelona squad if Dani Alves doesn’t agree a new contract before the summer but to replace him with Glen Johnson is frankly laughable.
Raheem Sterling – Liverpool to Arsenal
Dreamt up by: Mirror
Arsenal ready to make big money move for Liverpool star Raheem Sterling
Can you seriously see Arsene Wenger giving a player of Sterling’s inexperience and rawness £150,000 per week? This is a man who tried to activate a release clause by surpassing it by £1.
Radamel Falcao – Manchester United (Monaco) to Real Madrid
Dreamt up by: Mirror
Man United forward Radamel Falcao sparks transfer speculation by following Real Madrid on Twitter
It sounds like a plausible transfer deal but given just how incredibly Radamel Falcao has flopped at United, it’d be a surprise to see any club splash a significant figure on him in the summer and he will have to prove himself again with Monaco before he can leave the side from the principality.
Jack Wilshere – Arsenal to Barcelona
Dreamt up by: Sport
Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere tipped to replace Xavi at Barcelona
Quite laughably the Spanish newspaper claimed the Catalans viewed Wilshere as a potential replacement for Xavi Hernandez who will leave the club to move to Qatari side Al-Saad this summer.
A good move for both if Barcelona desire a barely fit midfielder who, if recent seasons is anything to go by, will struggle to play more than a handful of games until he accidentally tears an ankle ligament by just thinking about playing football.
Lionel Messi – Barcelona to Chelsea
Dreamt up by: Independent
Lionel Messi £500m: Chelsea Or Manchester City Can Sign Ace For Half A Billion
The sheer numbers involved in this deal make it more fiction than fact and would see Chelsea decimate any chance of complying with FFP by having to put together a potential £500 million package.