tribalfootball.com - Van Nistelrooy closer to Man Utd exit

tribalfootball.com - Van Nistelrooy closer to Man Utd exit: "The Times says clubs in Italy and Spain have been alerted to United's sudden willingness to listen to offers for the Holland forward."

It's odd that to say "United sudden willingness to listen to offers", if they believed their reports on these several months that so many offers had been handed to Ruud.