Not necessarily mate, everything is controlled by the club, their PR Team.
Also what many don't realise is that the modern day players are not just Pampered, Molly-coddled and continually Praised (by the club and their agents) in order to Boost their ego's (and so self-belief) But they are also protected from any adverse reporting/media & social media and even then should they happen to 'notice' something, may of them of won't give a shit whilst they are driving their new Lamborghini or Smoozing with some Bimbo or famous sports star from the US or whatever.
ALL players (including the Yoof and Resereves) are given training in how to do interviews and handle the media; especially any uppity young journal who dares ask a question not previously vetted and agreed by one of the PR/ Media Team prior to a Presser etc.
The club will continually keep any "Dodgy' stuff Out of the News / Headlines, by providing Freebies, be it Free Tickets and VIP Treatment or opportunities for the Journo to do Goody, Goody "Specials" on various players at some point in the future, of course when it suits the club. Or sometimes if a player has really fucked up (Aubameyang?) The club will throw them to the Wolves, ensuring that details are leaked via certain (Friendly) Media to all and sundry.
A recent Prime ( though softer version) Example was John Cwoss who would always talk utter bollocks about TOF, when the Wenger-Out Protests were happening and 60% - 70% of the fan base were callo9ng for him to Fuck-Off out of the club, Cwossy would always come up with some bollocks (for which any interviews with TOF were conducted by him; again all stage managed, with questions

ALL Clubs & Businesses Do It, it has become part of the Norm. Sadly there are a Lot of Unconscious people and fans out there who will believe Anything...
I mean how else could a Narcissistic, Criminal, (Proven) Rapist, Madman like Trump have gotten back into power....Manipulation of the Media (Fox News.. along with the three biggest Western Oligarchs (Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg) who between them Own & Control 95% of the Western Worlds media.
Or as a famous(ish) saying goes: "a lie repeated often enough becomes the truth", is a well-known concept and now a 'tool' used to achieve the "illusion of truth" effect.
It began back in the late 1930' and throughout the 1940's and 2nd World War, that is how Hitler was able to rise to Power and how they were able to blind many everyday German people to what was really going on...
He had Otto Deitrich and Joseph Goebbels to Control every single outlet of the Press back then...Admittedly they used "Fear" as their main weapon to Coerce and silence any opposition or detractors.
Apologies went off on one there in True Retro Style



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