“You can’t handle the truth!” (Because In Calcio’s Mercato It Doesn’t Exist)

Truth in football is dead. The internet killed it. Well, perhaps maybe not dead. But "truth" as it was once known is seemingly disappearing. It should be a rather simple, black-and-white concept: X is true, therefore Y isn't. Circumstances can change but what is simply is, simply should be. However, this week in football saw quite a few challenges to such a rigid definition.