The media landscape has changed dramatically since 1999 when Quinton Fortune signed for Manchester United.
Soon after the Reds clinched the Treble, a deal was quietly agreed with Atletico Madrid B to sign the South African, long before the move surfaced in the English press. Eighteen years later, the situation has altered significantly with every vague link between a player and a club, no matter how tenuous, being duplicated in multiple sources within hours.
At the launch for September's Legends game against Barcelona at Old Trafford, Fortune spoke to MUTV about the current obsession with transfers that engulfs the football world during the close season.