Charlie also said it took him three days to get hold of Gus by phone, in the same interview. Tanno, when asked, said 'no disrepect but it was Reading'.
Sam Wallace also said that Gus had accepted the job. There isn't a single quote in that article and there are professional journalists on Nsc who have given their opinion as his worth.
You're right. I have googled it and done a search on the Argus website.
The Argus came close with this article.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/10301873.Poyet_s_odds_for_Reading_job_slashed/
But the only reports of our club giving permission were in the various media, nothing official.