Rumours are generally made up but any rumours right now are especially fake.
The owner is concentrating on selling shares and he won’t be signing off on anything until that’s completed because the new investors will have a share in the outcome of any player investment.
The other decision makers at the club are all busy negotiating a payoff before they leave.
Thelwell and Dyche will be concentrating on cutting the fat from the current squad and offering extensions to the ones they want to keep, that’s the first job.