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Tarnished? Nah. Every club does this sort of thing.

He's turned into a bit of a potato, hasn't he?

It will only be turned into a mess if the players somehow let this tangential bit-on-the-side news affect them. They fucking won't.

This furore won't be anywhere near the squad's attention. Tonda will be keeping them protected and focused. It's a fine and slap on the wrist if proven. If the media want to focus on this instead of Man City's over 100 financial charges or Chelsea's financial doping, fine.

Really? I thought Boro fans were a bunch of apathetic wet lettuces?

Classic vulturistic, voyeuristic gossip-mongering journalists. They fucking love it. The sort that bitch and moan about other people at work behind their back. The sort that fan the flames of rumour into a frenzy with limited evidence. They can suck a dick and piss off.

Nah, keep quiet and let the storm in a teacup pass.

All that's needed now is for us to set off fireworks near all of their players' homes.

The best end for this is a fucking convincing win over the two legs with no mention at all from any one of our players or staff about this ridiculous affair.

So it's now £201k and a slap on the wrist?

Absolutely. It's a ridiculous state of affairs, I must say. Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill. Some of their comments are nonsensical, they really are. The amount of truth in the original story was always dubious. With their ever-changing accounts it now becomes a story with the reliability of a fucking dystopian fairytale.

You're very prone to worrying about stuff that is inconsequential. Apt username.

What is the adage about a lie travelling faster than truth? Applies here I reckon. Boro fans look like a bunch of fucking Karen cockwombles. They need to get right in the bin.

Only people unsettled would be the fans and any other sops that are daft enough to believe it. Tonda will have the boys in check. The 'outside noise' won't be anywhere near the dressing room radar.

It's got to be bollocks, surely. Such a tinpot thing. Absolutely well outside of our playbook.