I know for a fact that Moylan told Manly he wanted out of Penrith. Not through a source of a source of a source either. He couldn't get out of his Panthers contract...that should not be so difficult to fathom.
You are assuming that Pearce, Moylan and Thompson have never been in dialogue with Manly, based on what? Because they haven't signed? That doesn't mean it's a rubbery source, that just means that they haven't been able to agree to terms based on a number of variables.
We had the entire Sydney media discussing Moylan's potential move to Manly, it obviously fell through. Thompson has openly discussed on social media that he might have to move on and that he is unsure at this stage. Cordner said he spoke to Pearce and would leave their conversation private (if it looks like a duck and quacks, it's probably a duck).
Unless these players get on our forum and post something themselves, the best we have to go by is the possibility that something is on the cards...if it doesn't happen, so be it...but that doesn't constitute false information.