Sorry! But have I suddenly walked into a parallel universe, where Walnut is suddenly a great player instead of a headless chicken, purely because we've been linked with some pointless speculation?
This is Walnut we are talking about, here, people! The great headless chicken of Olde London Towne.
Sure, if we could pick him up for £10 million, I'd be game, since we'd probably get at least that when we come to sell him on for being completely useless.
But, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Instead, let us examine this rampant piece of hack journalistic speculation with some calm and dignified analysis.
Firstly, this is not news of an actual approach to AFC. It is mere speculation, based upon the premise that because AVB wanted to bring Walnut to the Chavs (a club that not only has more money than us, but is also a club that is not adverse to throwing money at complete and utter donkeys).
Secondly, AVB isn't our manager. The hack journo is speculating that AVB will be our manager. Therefore, the whole story is, actually, speculation built upon speculation.
Thirdly, the story is making the speculation that, even if the other two bits of speculation prove to not to be speculation, Walnut will want to move to us. My understanding is that he was refusing to sign a new deal with AFC because he wants more money, and he's already getting paid far more than we would pay him. So, even if (a) AVB becomes our manager, and (b) we actually make an approach to AFC to buy Walnut at a price that we could afford, it is extremely unlikely that he'd join us because we'd be unable/unwilling to match the wages that he is dissatisfied with at AFC.
In short, and to summarise, this story is complete and utter bollocks.