There is no smoke without fire and and with a sewer-like smell it is easy to see from where it is coming, and it is a real stink that has been created against Sergio Ramos.
He said it himself the other day at the end of the match against Viktoria Plzen.
"With Cristiano not being here it means that everything is centred on me," Ramos claimed.
There is a group that are interested in attacking Ramos, a group that not only wants to harm his image as a Real Madrid player but, still more so with Pique going, they hope to effect Luis Enrique's confidence in him in the national team.
Because now this is where Sergio Ramos is at the moment, the great captain of the most important football club, reigning continental and world champion and the great captain of the Spanish national team.
In Mexico or Argentina they wanted not only a red card for elbowing Havel, but also jail, and it just shows what little the people know who make these comments.
Who, from Spain and more directly from Barcelona (obviously!), say that Ramos has the right to attack and refer to his rivals as victims.
I have seen things that you are not going to believe...Vinnie Jone hitting a rival. I have seen Nigel de Jong karate kicking Xabi Alonso in the World Cup final and I have seen Roy Keane finish Alf Inge Haaland's career and not regret it.
On top of that I have seen on more than one occasion Luis Suarez biting opponents and having therapy to deal with his issues. However, while the Uruguayan has been sent off just once in Spain, Ramos is picked on by referees. That is of course what they look for the people behind this campaign, a campaign that smells rotten from 622kms away.