Overview
- Reddit Soccer moderators announced on Friday, July 31, 2026, that posts linking to Fabrizio Romano are no longer allowed in the forum and that he is removed as an accepted source.
- Moderators said the decision grew from sustained community dissatisfaction and accused Romano of increasingly questionable reporting practices, including republishing other journalists' work without clear attribution.
- The moderation statement also levels moral allegations against Romano, saying he gave a platform to Mason Greenwood and used the deaths of Diogo Jota and André Silva for reach; those claims are reported as moderator assertions and not independently verified in the cited coverage.
- Romano is a globally prominent transfer reporter known for his 'Here we go' catchphrase and tens of millions of social followers, and several smaller football subreddits, including the Manchester United community, had already banned him before this larger forum action.
- The ban highlights how volunteer-run subreddit rules can shape who is heard in online sports coverage, represents a reputational setback for Romano, and is likely to prompt scrutiny of his sourcing and any public response from him or other communities.