We may be currently living in transfer window limbo, with a devastating - well, we're not quite sure how many days and months exactly - to go until the summer window finally breaks up the monotony of actual football, but the rumour merchants are still very much engaged.
With this comforting fact in mind, here are five of the very best footballing whispers going around at the moment:
After a difficult week for the senior side, culminating in a hard-fought north London derby point, Tottenham can take solace from the fact that their junior outfit ran riot against West Ham in a 5-3 win.