Yep, no "senior member" of staff would leak such monumental news like that to him or anyone else, for that matter. The leak would most likely have to come from a mid level employee who might not expect to be retained by new ownership.
Champions: Arsenal
Champions League qualifiers: Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United
Relegation: Burnley, Crystal Palace, Hull City
Villa Position: 13th
Champions League Winners: Real Madrid
Top Scorer: v. Persie
Flop of Season: Ricky Lambert
Signing of Season: Siem De jong
1st Managerial Sacking: Big Sam
Sat, 16 Aug 2014 Man Utd 2 v 0 Swansea Leicester 1 v 1 Everton QPR 1 v 0 Hull Stoke 1 v 1 Aston Villa West Brom 1 v 1 Sunderland West Ham 0 v 1 Tottenham Arsenal 3 v 0 Crystal Palace Sun, 17 Aug 2014 Liverpool 2 v 1 Southampton Newcastle 0 v 2 Man City Mon, 18 Aug 2014 Burnley 0 v 3 Chelsea
Dobermans on the wing to employ a classic pinscher movement down the flanks, putting in crosses to my Great Dane and Border Collie upfront or playing the ball back to my marauding attacking midfield ace from Rhodesia, who trains in the offseason killing lions. Stout hearted Rottweilers in central defense flanked by Pit Bulls. Apes gonna be shitting it every time they go forward...