Twitter at the end of August is the silliest section of silly season, as supposed ITK's crawl out of the woodwork for self-validating "rumours" and WORLD EXCLUSIVES designed to be just vague enough to be utterly deniable when they don't come off. That inevitably means that teams that are demonstrably still in the market for new players - whether because they've missed out on someone, or their manager has admitted as much - end up getting linked to players every day. Regardless of any lack of actual evidence, boys in bedrooms the country over put on their fake football agent hats, drum up 140 words of made-up hogwash and claim it's their exclusive insight into the busy transfer window. And you can't blame them - Jim White still pretends he's getting text messages on Sky Sports news after all. But it's that context that makes discerning any actual rumours from the pure fabrication of fantasists, which is why it is with supreme reservation that it is being announced that Sunderland could well be signing Chelsea flop Mohamed Salah on loan. Maybe. The rumours of a move for the Egyptian - who has seen his chances at Chelsea severely limited because of their frankly ridiculous transfer approach - appeared on Twitter overnight, and are now being reported as fact in some places. It's a dangerous game to play, but that's the nature of silly season. https://twitter.com/lee_maughan/status/502707263589875713/photo/1 The Chelsea link of Lee Congerton might be key if the Black Cats are indeed in for the 22-year-old winger, but until someone with actual credence reports the link, it's smart to take all links with a pinch of salt. One bit of transfer business that should see resolution - either way - is what is happening with Fabio Borini. It had been thought that the player's potential move to Sunderland was held up as Liverpool sought to bring in a replacement for Luis Suarez, but there are still questions over whether the player actually wants a move to Wearside. With Mario Balotelli now looking like Liverpool's new striker, we may now see which school of thought is correct. Do you think Sunderland should bring in Salah on loan?
