There are several Spanish reports claiming Stoke City’s Marc Muniesa has give a ‘wink’ to Real Betis over a January transfer.
The mini saga has been going for months, Betis want Muniesa, he’s keen on the idea, but Stoke City’s very reasonable asking price of €3.5m is beyond the reach of Betis right now.
That’s it, and it had been reported in Spain that Betis had licked their wounds and were moving on to other options they’d also struggle to afford.
Both Mundo Deportivo and Estadio Deportivo report that Muniesa has given Betis a social media ‘wink’.
The line of thinking is that he must have posted the picture to make it clear he’s thinking of Seville, and therefore, wink-wink-nudge-nudge, a transfer to Betis.
It’s not too outlandish to believe the Spanish reports, but Muniesa, with all his natural loveliness, just doesn’t seem sneaky enough for that kind of trick.
