The story broke during the course of this afternoon ib the player who allegedly has a €70 million release clause in his contract with Flamengo.
News the Irons were interested and ready to do a deal in the defensive midfielder as soon as July, immediately raised fears that Declan Rice could be on his way from the club.
But a senior source at the London Stadium immediately stamped on suggestions that we were interested in the player.
Commenting on the player being expected to sign a four-year deal at the London Stadium he made it clear there were no negotiations in process at all and was entirely confused by the report.