Sky Sports' renowned Italian transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano and GOAL's resident renowned English English Liverpool team correspondent Neil Jones, has issued a joint statement to slam the Chinese online media outlet rumour monger "足坛欧美汇" for twisting my original words and falsely claiming that Liverpool will definitely sign Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne this summer at noon Asian time (May 9, 2025).

Romano and Jones both criticized "足坛欧美汇" in their statements for twisting my original words in order to clickbait for attention, and then using sensationalizd headlines and content to spread rumours about the future movements of the Belgium international player.

Jones angrily said: "My social media accounts and phone have been constantly receiving a lot of people asking me whether rumours claiming that Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will transfer to Liverpool as a free agent is true since last night. I wanted to smile knowingly and ignore such rumours, but as the rumours on the Internet are getting more and more exaggerated, I think it's time to come out and explain."

"No, the rumour is not true. I have never heard that Liverpool has decided to sign De Bruyne. He is not in the club's transfer plan."

"As far as I know, this rumour originated from a lie that evolved from a short original excerpt in a foreign media outlet which reported that the Manchester City star will leave the club after the end of the season. I heard that the person who twisted the other people's original words came from an online Chinese media outlet. First of all, I must say that as reporters, it is already wrong to steal other people's reports without consent. What's more, to twist other people's original intentions just to clickbait and spread rumours, this is a very wrong behaviour."

Romano angrily said: "I received many of your messages in the comment section of my YouTube channel today, asking me if Kevin De Bruyne is really going to join Liverpool. Guys, what I want to say is that according to the information I have received so far, no, it is nonsense. Liverpool has never held any negotiations with De Bruyne. Liverpool has never approached De Bruyne. This is what I know and can confirm."

"De Bruyne is currently negotiating with other clubs. I told you that Chicago Fire is one of them. Of course, there are many clubs, but Liverpool is not. Chicago Fire has even reached the point of wanting to sign De Bruyne so badly that they are obssessed with the idea. So let's wait and see his future movements and see if he decides to stay in Europe, but I haven't heard any news about De Bruyne negotiating with Liverpool yet."

In addition, Romano also took the opportunity to respond to transfer rumours between some players and Liverpool.

He said: "The rumours claiming that Liverpool are interested in Jeremie Frimpong are true. We all know that Liverpool needs to fill the vacancy left by Trent Alexander-Arnold joining Real Madrid. Frimpong is indeed one of the players they admire very much, but it is too early to say that the Reds are leading this transfer battle, because there are many clubs in the battle. "

"Dean Huijsen seems to have reached the point where he appears in my reports every day, but I am not kidding, because there are indeed different rumours about him on the Internet almost every single moment and every single day. I think I just posted a video on YouTube 10 days ago to clarify this phenomenon, and I still insist on the same position now, that is, no matter what rumours you see, please stay rational and calm. "

"You may hear that he will join this club today, and tomorrow you will hear that he will actually join another club. The whole incident is like opening a treasure chest with endless different claims. I will guide everyone to verify which news is true. "

"Remember what I said, his release clause is £50 million, applicable to any club. " (This meant that the implication which our website's "Daily Slap in the Face Party" regular Chinese representative "Leisu Sports" kept claiming that his release clause is €60 million is now proven fake)

By the way, I already said two months ago that there is no "Italian media outlet" in the world called "Everything Juve", and the only ones who often "cite this ghost media outlet" are "Leisu Sports" itself and our website's infamously notorious female rumour monger, "Ms. Titan", "Ms. Plan To" and "Ms. Hype Up"! )

"Although I said last week that the Premier League clubs hope to complete the transfer battle for Huijssen as soon as possible, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have always hoped to complete the transfer of Huijsen before the end of the season, that is, before the end of May, but the problem is that there are other overseas giants who want to sign Huijsen but think the timing is not right."

"Bayern Munich also wants to sign Huijsen, but they must first sell a defender in the squad to make room."

"We all saw the news that Eric Dier might be leaving the club, but he is leaving the club on a free transfer, so this does not count."

"Players like Kim Min-jae must be sold first before Bayern has a chance to make this transfer."

"Then, let's talk about Real Madrid. Real Madrid's situation is completely different from theirs. I have told you that rumours claiming that there are scouts at Los Blancos who like Huijsen very much are true, and Huijsen himself is very happy about such compliments, and he is also very happy to join and play for Real Madrid in the future. "

"Nevertheless, as I said just now, Real Madrid also believes that this is not the right time to approach Bournemouth for the signing of Huijsen. Based on the above rumours, Real Madrid's intention to sign Huijsen is a 100% confirmed fact, but this does not mean that they have decided to sign Huijsen in the near future. As everyone knows, they are still dealing with the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold. "

"At the same time, they also have to deal with the appointment of Xabi Alonso as head coach and Carlo Ancelotti's departure. However, before resolving the issues of Alonso and Ancelotti, the La Liga giants will not think about dealing with signing other players. "

"What I can reveal is that Liverpool should be busy in the transfer market this summer. Left-back and center-back are the positions they want to strengthen. After that, we will see whether they will strengthen their forward and midfield positions. "

"Milos Kerkez is one of the players they are paying close attention to. We all know how seismic the impact what players such as Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez might leave the club can have to Liverpool in terms of Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), but we have to wait and see whether the Reds" will really make a big moved in the transfer market. "

Because of the great influence of the two have in the hearts of Liverpool fans, before I published this article, the matter had become known to everyone. Even Paul Maych, the presenter of the YouTube channel "Redmen TV" which was run by the official Liverpool fan organization in the UK, deliberately published a video to sarcastcally say that: "Based on this report, let's analyze whether De Bruyne is suitable for Liverpool's tactical system. I'm just talking about analysis. Whether I truly think that the Reds will really sign the Manchester City player who has won numerous awards? I can only say that it will be a big fat 'no'!"

To be honest, as one of the regular Chinese representatives of our website's "Daily Slap in the Face Party", this is already not the first time that I have exposed that 足坛欧美汇 loves spreading rumours , but I never expected that "it" would dare to use my original words and my namesake  just to clickbait and spread rumours!

When my friend exposed 足坛欧美汇's this morning and sent the scrennshot to me, "it" still claimed in the article that I was the culprit of this fake news!

But when I went back to check the article before publishing this article, the source had been changed to Romano's predecessor, Gianluca Di Marzio!

What remains unchanged is that the name of Napoli is still being dragged into it for no reason. In any case, whether it is twisting my original words or framing Di Marzio, this is an disgusting and unethical behaviour.

In fact, when I reposted news of De Bruyne saying that "he is not ruling out staying at the Premier League after leaving the club when his contract expires" on April 21, 2025, I never said that he "will be expected to join Liverpool" at that time.

I only said that, "Since De Bruyne has been a Liverpool fan since he was a child, and even publicly said in an interview clip when he was a child that he hoped to fulfill his dream of joining and playing for the Reds one day, many Liverpool fans left messages hoping that the Manchester City star could fulfill his dream of playing for Anfield."

Some Liverpool fans said that the fake news which "足坛欧美汇" had twisted my article has begun to be reposted to the Facebook of our website's "Daily Slap in the Face Party" regular representative SPORTbible, but because the infamously notorious online media outlet has the bad habit of posting rumours every minute and every second, I have no intention of deliberately spending a whole day to check its page to take screenshots to confirm this claim.