Things change in the blink of an eye in football.
The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper.
Here are today's top five emerging whispers...
Virgil Van Djik to Liverpool
The Daily Express report Liverpool are prepared to part with the best part of £40 million in January to bring yet another Southampton player to Anfield. The conveyer belt from Southampton to Liverpool is getting dusted off. This time around the player in question is Virgil Van Dijk.