晚旗报Dom Smith：-内托曾受到曼城和利雅得新月的关注，也曾与利物浦和托特纳姆热刺传出过绯闻——但他最终还是留了下来。据了解，内托身边的人曾有意制造舆论，推动他在今夏转会；但切尔西方面态度坚决，坚持要将他留下。*（There was a sense that people close to Neto were keen on drumming up interest and wanted him to move clubs this summer, but Chelsea were insistent they wanted him to stay.）鉴于喧嚣万分，切尔西才放风近1亿英镑的“公开估值”，希望通过这一高昂的定价，向外界传递出他是哈维-阿隆索战术计划中重要一环的信号。相关方显然领会了切尔西的意图，而切尔西此后也从中获益良多。