It hasn't been discussed in a big way previously.
The recent media reports have been treated like a revelation to the majority of Evertonians, a revelation which remains unsubstantiated to this day.
If it had been so well known and so well discussed amongst Evertonians, it wouldn't have taken so long for the mainstream media to report it as if it was a revelation.
The fact is that what you are referring to is nothing but a few unsubstantated whisperings amongst a very small cohort of Evertonians who post on message boards and drink in your pub.
I've heard Evertonians at Goodison discuss it in passing, people who i don't know. I've overheard random people in the pub talk about it, i've seen it on multiple Everton fan sites, and it has been discussed at length on here and seen by thousands of Everton fans.
I don't think you actually know what the word 'whisperings' means.









