Who to trust
Sources
Every journalist and outlet the Index listens to, and how their calls have held up. We only mark a call right or wrong when it can be checked: an agreed fee, a medical or a done deal either happened or it didn’t. Reporting genuine interest is never counted against anyone.
Figures appear after 10 settled, checkable calls
The record
| Source | Our rating | Own reports | First to report | Checkable calls right |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| BBC Sport Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Ben Jacobs Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Cadena SER Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Matteo Moretto (Marca) Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Sky Deutschland Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Sky Germany (Florian Plettenberg) Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Sky Sports Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| The i Paper Outlet | Tier 2 · Reliable | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Daily Mail Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Flashscore Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Football Insider Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| FootballTransfers Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Mundo Deportivo Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Nicolò Schira Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Nieuwsblad Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| SPORT Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| talkSPORT Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| The Independent Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Tuttomercatoweb Outlet | Tier 3 · Mixed | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Bernabéu Digital Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Defensa Central Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Ekrem Konur Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| El Nacional Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Fichajes Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| indykaila Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| Si Phillips Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| TEAMtalk Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
| winwin Outlet | Tier 4 · Low | 0 | 0 | Not enough settled calls yet |
How we judge a source
- Scored: personal terms, fee agreed, medical, done deal (right if he joined that club); bid rejected, talks stalled, interest cooled (right if he didn’t); club refuses to sell, new contract (right if he stayed).
- Not scored: interest, enquiries, talks and bids. Clubs are often genuinely interested in players they never sign.
- One verdict per source per player per club: their final word before the deal was settled.
- Only original reporting counts. Repeating someone else’s story earns nothing, and it’s credited to whoever broke it.
- The range (“likely 55–80%”) is a 95% interval. It’s wide on purpose until the sample is large.
- “Our rating” is set by a person today. Once records are established they’ll inform it, and later the model.