Transfer Rumour Reliability

[aazak]

Saw this on Man Utd Reddit, so parts are specific to them, but I think it's interesting:


Tier 1 (Highest Quality Sources)

• Simon Stone (BBC)
• Sport1 (Germany)
• Henry Winter (The Times Chief of Football)
• Mohamed Bouhafsi (France)
• Fabrizio Romano (Guardian)
• Paul Joyce (The Times/Liverpool/Everton)
• David Ornstein (BBC/Arsenal)
• Craig Norwood (Freelance Photographer)
• Kristof Terreur (The Guardian)
• Gianluca Di Marzio (Italians only, Tier 2 if not)
• Simon Peach (Press Association)

Tier 2 (Proven to have current sources)

• Bild (Germany/Bavaria)
• Der Westen(Germany/Schalke/Gladbach/Dortmund)
• Kicker (Germany)
• De Telegraaf (Netherlands)
• COPE (Spain)
• Raphael Honigstein (Germany Freelancer/Guardian German News)
• Voetbal International (Netherlands)
• Matt Law (Telegraph/Chelsea)
• Andy Burton (Sky Sports)
• Caderna SER (Spain)
• O Jogo (Portugal)
• James Cooper (Sky Sports)
• RMC Sport (France)
• BBC (United Kingdom)
• David Amoyal (Italians only, Tier 3 if not)
• Telefoot (France)
• James Ducker (the Telegraph)

Tier 3 (Average reliability, or former Tier 2)

• Canal+/Pierre Menes (France)
• Jamie Jackson (Guardian)
• Ian Ladyman (Daily Mail)
• The Telegraph
• The Guardian
• The Times
• Mark Ogden (ESPN)
• Daniel Taylor (Guardian)
• Correio de Manha (Portugal)
• Ruhr Nachrichten (Germany)
• Le Parisien (France)
• Ian Herbert (Independent)
• Jason Burt (Telegraph)
• Record (Portugal)
• A Bola (Portugal)
• Richard Keys (beIN Sports)
• Jim White (Everton only)
• L'Equipe (France)
• Paul Hirst (The Times)
• Rob Dawson (ESPN)
• Stephen Howson (/u/mrstephenhowson, Tier 2 for youth news)

Tier 4 (Indirect sources, low reliability)

• BildSport (Germany)
• Tuttomercatoweb (Italy)
• Sport (Spain)
• Goal.com
• Guillem Balague (Sky Sports/Freelance)
• Stuart Mathieson (MEN)
• The Independent
• Mundo Deportivo (Spain)
• Marca (Spain/Real Madrid)
• AS (Spain/Real Madrid)
• Talksport (UK & Ireland)
• Sky Sports
• Kaveh Solhekol (Sky Sports)
• Paris/Euro United (France/PSG)
• Simon Mullock (Mirror)
• London Evening Standard
• Daily Mail
• The Mirror
• John Cross (The Mirror)
• Steve Bates (Mirror)
• Duncan Castles (Record/Times)
• CalcioMercato (Italy)
• El Chiringuito (Unless J. Sanchez, then Tier 1)

Tier 5 (Aggregators, Known Shitposters and Banned sources)

• Peter O'Rouke (Freelance)
• Tancredi Palmieri (Freelance/Bullshit merchant)
• Metro (banned - utter ****)
• Express (banned - redditwide ban due to vote manipulation)
• The ***(Banned - for being the ***)
• Diario Gol (Spain)
• Daily Star (Go there for ***s, not news)
• CaughtOffside (Aggregates, but poses the news as its own)
• Don Balon (Spain)
• Samuel Luckhurst (M.E.N - ****-stirring bellend.)
• Squawka (Vote Manipulation)
• Sport/LAD Bible (Clickbait merchants/Content thieves)
• Joe.co.uk (**** memes and even worse transfer content)
• 90min.com
• Andy Mitten (Transfer News)
• Miguel Delaney (Transfer News Only)
• ESPN (except for articles by Delaney, Mitten, Dawson and Ogden)
• Manchester Evening News
• Sport Witness (aggregator)
• Newsnow (aggregator)
• @CheGiaevara (aggregator)
• GFFN (France/aggregator)
• Here is the City (Aggregator)
• Bleacher Report (Aggregator)
• All Other Aggregators
• Football365 (Transfer News)
• SportsMole (**** source)
• @SimonSmithBBC (Simon Stone Impersonator)

Tier IndyKaila

• This guy is worse than an unknown entity. In fact, his Twitter account is so bad, that Russia considered making a Space Station out of it.
• This tier is also known as Tier Kohler and includes fans of Toilets and Sink-makers...

Tier of Shame

• Jack Otway (Express) for this.

 

[chrismpw]

I trust nobody until contract dave says it.