How reliable the The Times/Castles when it comes to this sort of stuff folks?
Don't want to get my hopes dashed.
Castles is often wrong about United news, so not very reliable. I would not get my hopes up unless other outlets start running with it.
One thing to note though, Castles does seem to have some links to Mendes and his clients, Ronaldo being one of them. So is there a small chance he knows something.