As others have alluded to, it was a "sigh, here we go again" response from Ralph about transfer speculation in general. KWP just happened to be the first player mentioned by the journos.
It's a good job that the clever people who labelled Brexit voters "thick gullible c**ts" didn't galvanize the "thick gullible c**ts" to vote leave in the first place, thus avoiding shooting themselves in the foot. Yep, a good job indeed....