With this decision already likely to have been made, conveyed to the player and announced formally next week, I would like to give burgess a little more credit then that. I don't think he we'd run a headline like that unless his source was impeccable.
This is why you are a "lawyer" and not a journo.
Sorry I meant tabloid, muck raking, fabricating hack.
Edit: Although likely not the case for the Herald Burgess.