Fabrizio Romano announces he's 'likely to quit' football transfer news
Popular football journalist Fabrizio Romano has dropped a 'Here I Don't' regarding his future plans working as the main man of the transfer windows.
The Italian journalist has become the go-to for football fans wanting to know the biggest transfers of the summer and winter transfer windows, thanks to his copyrighted catchphrase 'here we go'.
Long gone are the days of a surprise transfer announcement for the Premier League club you support, with Romano sometimes confirming transfers before the player or the club are even aware, as well as other breaking news such as Jeff Bezos' reported plans for Liverpool FC.
But after a very public dispute on X with some of his fellow journalists regarding Yan Diomande's move to Real Madrid, it seems as if the 33-year-old will be taking a step back.
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As part of a LinkedIn post celebrating his recent exclusive on Liverpool signing Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo on loan, the journalist dropped a bombshell regarding his own career.
He said: "I'm probably not gonna continue into the transfer market industry as I'm doing right now for longer: it's time to change the approach, the view... but this will be another topic soon, after the transfer window closes. But still, these numbers feel incredible.
"The adrenaline of the breaking story, the exclusivity, the unexpected-factor, from zero links at all to done deal... well, this will always remain unmatched for me."
For some football fans, this may be a relief, as much of the excitement of a surprise new signing has been taken away by him confirming the news weeks before, especially in long-running transfer sagas where fans are given every 'update' under the sun before its finally completed.
However, there are still many other journalists who will be working to confirm news on Premier League and Champions League clubs before others find out, with David Ornstein one of the best in the business when it comes to getting exclusives.
The transfer window will close on 3 September so we will still have a few more weeks of Romano's tweets taking over social media, but it seems as if he may well be going in a different direction once the window officially slams shut.
A few years ago, the journalist highlighted exactly how much work goes into sourcing exclusive information during a transfer window, shocking people by suggesting that he had slept just eight hours in three days, and had spent a total of 17 hours on his phone during the day. I hope he's drinking plenty of water otherwise those headaches would have been horrible.
Thankfully, as a fan of a lower league club, this isn't going to affect me in the slightest, unless his career change will see him report on proper football away from the ridiculous wages and VAR decisions in the top flight.
James Moorhouse