It was one of those reports you had to look at several times to actually believe it was true. It emerged on Saturday evening that Chelsea's new co-owner and interim sporting director Todd Boehly had met with Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes.
As broken by The Athletic, Boehly met with Mendes last week, reportedly to discuss the potential transfer of Ronaldo, who has one year left on his deal at Old Trafford. Although the interpretation of some on social media to frame this report as a guarantee of a deal, or that there should be cause for mass panic, is rather silly.
As has been reported since, Chelsea were offered the chance to sign Ronaldo, rather than the player being one of the Blues main targets, as Raheem Sterling has become in recent weeks.
