Creating this guide as a transfer reliability starting point for this community. The current tier list was taken from the most recent New Transfer Guide from r/liverpoolfc to get us going. We can make changes over time to suit our needs.
Tiers are based on the following criteria:
-
Tier 1 (Highest Quality Sources)
-
Tier 2 (Proven to have current sources. Often times get many things right, at least directionally, and sometimes are the first to break stories)
-
Tier 3 (Average reliability)
-
Tier 4 (Indirect sources, low reliability)
-
Tier 5/Banned (Aggregators, very low reliability)
| Tier | Source |
|---|---|
| Official Sources | liverpoolfc.com, @LFC |
| Tier 1 | Paul Joyce, David Ornstein |
| Tier 2 | Neil Jones, James Pearce, Melissa Reddy, David Lynch, Chris Bascombe, Simon Hughes, David Maddock, Dominic King. |
| Tier 3 | Fabrizio Romano, Florian Plettenberg (for German based players), Pipe Sierra (for Colombian based players), The Guardian, Phil McNulty, Telegraph, Andy Hunter, Sam Wallace, John Percy, Henry Winter, Mohamed Bouhafsi, Guillem Balague |
| Tier 4 | Ian Doyle, Paul Gorst, Echo, Times, Kicker.de, The Independent, Bild, De Telegraaf, Gianluca Di Marzio, Sky Sports, Andy Heaton, Record, Ojogo, Abola, Gazetta Dello Sport, Calcio Mercato, Goal.com, Marca, Jan Aage Fjoertoft. |
| Banned Sources | The s*n, AnfieldHQ, the Daily Mail, WhoScored, Graeme Kelly, IndyKalia, MEN, Don Balon, Dean Coombes, Mootaz Chelade, DavidOCKOP, Oliver Bond, Anfield Express, Team Leaks, TalkSport, Anfield Talk, Anfield Watch, Anfield Edition, LFC Transfer Room, KopTalk |
Top tier feedback! I’ll update the tier list to include a banned list.
I have been linking to The Athletic articles pretty regularly, so that’s good context to have about how aggressive they can be on copyright issues. We are probably too small for them to care about this community at the moment, but thinking ahead is always good.
For that reason, I will leave the Athletic off of the list for now.
Added Banned Sources to the table!