Do you get the feeling Jonas Gutierrez and his agent have dreamt up the scam, because no club has made a serious offer for the winger ... and he feels he could miss out on the World Cup?
I'm not suggesting THAT is what happened ... oh bugger it ... YES I AM!
And the thing is ... it's worked!
The 'Hand Of God' has pressed the buttons on the phone and contacted Spiderman to say "don't worry old mucker ... you're still in the squad for South Africa ... if Barcelona buy you or not".
Gutierrez: "The truth is they (Barcelona) are a great team. They already demonstrated this last season by winning everything," he said.
"For one, to be part of a great team is always a dream, to play with great players. But, right now it is something I try not to think about. I'm only thinking of Newcastle. But obviously, to play there is a dream for any player.
"They are a club who are doing things very well, they have great players and any player would like to play for this team."
As for Barcelona ... we phoned them today.
Is there any truth in it? We don't know ... it was some guy talking in a funny language.