So let's get the process of a transfer as reported by the media / redcafe nailed down here shall we
1. United may be interested in a player, the redcafe thread about that player from 2013 is bumped (poster is commended for not starting a new thread)
2. Player issues a 'come and get me' plea according to tabloid websites with many many hypnotic animated ads on their homepages - on redcafe the posts about masturbating begin - people presume they are speaking metaphorically - but perhaps not...
3. A respected journalist mouthpiece of another club reports that the player is also of interest to other domestic clubs - cocks (both metaphorical and real) are rapidly put away
4. Twitter 'personality' with an amusing twitter name, but who has no links to united or indeed anything other than his mum's umbilical chord at birth, reports that United have begun to prepare a bid - redcafe thread grows 100 pages in less than 24 hours; mainly with posts expressing disbelief in how fast the thread has grown given the lack of genuine news.
5. Claims on twitter emerge that player will now snub united in favour of a move to large Euopean rivals - many 'I told you so' posts appear in thread; several posters are referred to health professionals for treatment
6. Rumours player snub is due to manager and style of fooball - backed up by tweets from people with the dreaded blue ticks next to their names. A poster who doesn't like Jose and never did breaks his wrists while attempting to violently type up a post about how much he doesn't like Jose
7. It's now being reported as fact that actually the player prefers money over anything else and so Oil rich, sugar-daddy club United may be his preferred destination afterall
8. United move from preparing a bid to being about to 'launch' a bid - 'that' picture of Ed Woodward pointing is posted on redcafe
9. A full day passes without any united bid being launched at all (presumably due to engineering problems on the launch-pad)
10. Dramatic breaking news - different domestic rival now enters the race - oh feck it's the dreaded Liverpool link - hell breaks lose on redcafe until someone reminds everyone they (Liverpool) haven't won the league in nearly 27 (t-w-e-n-t-y s-e-v-e-n) years. This point has no relevance to, or bearing on, the potential transfer, but it's enough of a distraction to cool tensions momentarily
11. The Manager of a domestic rival admits in a press conference that they have no knowledge about their club being in the race at all
12. Several news outlets pretend they didn't hear or read the manager's quotes and continue to push the 'transfer hijack angle' because, well, why not?
13. It's too much for some Caftards; they want off this train wreck of a transfer saga, but somehow it's as if their fingers are stuck on F5
14 BOOM Player moves to City (the world ends - MaxiPaxi survives but lives out a reclusive existence contemplating the 1000 better ways he/she could have spent the time wasted posting 350 times in a transfer thread)