You see, Didier Baptiste was indeed a French left-back at Monaco…on Sky One’s fictional drama series Dream Team. Not that the rumour did not come true – that happens plenty – but that the player in question, a France Under-21 international apparently, did not actually exist. What may be viewed as spurious to begin with can soon be seen as credible as it is reported in more than one place – and when it is repeated enough, it can become canon.Īnd in November 1999, that’s exactly what happened when a rumour started on an Arsenal messageboard made it into the national press and soon had Liverpool fans believing they were set to sign Monaco left-back Didier Baptiste. When it comes to football transfer rumours, repetition is a powerful thing.
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