Producers are still hoping to woo their star back to the franchise but, with no confirmation of a return as of yet, numerous others are being tipped to take his place.
But real confirmation of the return of difficulty, and of verbal complexity, is to be found repeatedly in the American television of the past 10 years.
Confirmation of his return also comes after a period in which he had been recovering from an operation on a long-term hand injury and difficulties in his personal life with his wife Faryal Makhdoom.
Facebook has yet to tweet confirmation of its return to stable uptime but at the time of writing the service is at least accessible in Europe so it looks to be getting on top of whatever caused the downtime.
In the wake of official confirmation of Patrick Roberts' return to Celtic Park, it wouldn't have been much of a surprise had a jubilant Peter Lawwell appeared on the stadium roof with a PR7 jersey in one hand and a trumpet in the other to blast out the news of a major signing.
Second, if you do miss your connection, do not get on the rebooked connecting flight without a printout of your complete new itinerary in hand, showing a confirmation of your return segments.
No longer will advanced cardiac life support rescuers need electrocardiographic confirmation of the return of spontaneous circulation because it is overtly signaled by an overshoot in the end-tidal carbon dioxide.
On August 3, 2010, NBC Sports reported the confirmation of Brett Favre returning to the Minnesota Vikings but saying that that the 2010 season would be his final season.
As for confirmation of Gerrard's return to Liverpool, Klopp said: "Nothing is decided at the moment.
Here's confirmation of Norwich's return to the top of the Championship table, on a day when nobody else in the top nine won.
