The statement said: 'She [the protected witness] wants to make it clear that the meeting was set up by another footballer called David de Gea, who is allegedly the person who would have paid for the costs of that event that day.'
The online site said the protected witness had sent WhatsApp messages to de Gea afterwards to find out who the other player was - and was told by the Manchester United goalkeeper that he also played for Atletico de Bilbao but was given no further details.
Investigators are understood to have copies of the WhatsApp messages that were exchanged between them.