Yup, agreed. The source could easily be agent-talk and deal leverage as others have said. Hope so, but I'm also sure that Bloom won't allow a gun to be held to his head.
Maybe... but it's got the byline of Graeme Bailey, who is clearly a professional journalist with Sky and it's on his Twitter account. I'd be surprised if he would jeopardise his professional reputation on a wind-up. As with all these stories it may not be true, obviously, but it won't be based...
Sounds like a strange move to me, but there will be all sorts going on behind the scenes re transfer business that we have no idea about. Hope it's not true though.