In one sentence Roberto di Matteo has exposed the agenda of BBC Scotland.
Yesterday morning as the anticipated signing of Joleon Lescott broke down the BBC switched into auto pilot to put as positive a spin on the story as possible.
It couldn’t possibly be the case that a club with a going concern warning on their audited accounts, to 30 June 2015, were unable to afford a player who has enjoyed more than a decade of Premier League football, could it?
Anxious to restore formal reasons with their favoured club some nameless employee at BBC Scotland decided to spin it that Lescott had failed a medical.
Prompted by the state broadcaster further news suggested that the old favourite of family reasons had caused the transfer to break down.
After meeting Mark Warburton on Wednesday in Manchester, travelling to Glasgow on Thursday Lescott suddenly discovered that his family didn’t fancy a move to Glasgow?
Unlikely.
As ever with most things involving the clubs from Glasgow, the truth can be found outside of Scotland.
Villa fans, disappointed that the deal hadn’t been completed wanted to know why.
At his regular pre-match media conference di Matteo explained in one sentence why Lescott was still draining the payroll. He said: “It’s quite public that we had a agreement with Rangers. He didn’t agree personal terms.”
Simple as that, hopefully lessons have been learned by the state broadcaster and they won’t be so afraid to confront the truth, however unpleasant in future.
Meanwhile sources at BBC Scotland understand that Joe Garner is expected to complete his £1.5m move to Ibrox in the next 48 hours.
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