Fabrizio Romano will have his work cut out for him until Monday evening while the transfer window of January is preparing to close.
Many clubs in the top competitions will race by time to sign wanted players, and the media will also hurry to keep track of all the changes in the Deadline Day. A man who always seems to be ahead of Het Laatste Nieuws, is the 31-year-old Romano, who is considered one of the most in-the-know journalists who cover world football.
Some of his greatest exclusive stories include respective movements to Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as Kai Havertz on their way to Premier League Club Chelsea and Zinedine Zidane who leave Real Madrid as a manager.
The Italian journalist has been a large part of many recent transfer penters in the summer and the past winters, with thousands of fans who check his social media accounts for the latest updates about their favorite clubs and players.
So, what is life for Romano after building the audience he has in the football world, and how much does he earn for his work as a transfer expert? Here Mirror Football took a look at the biggest moment of the Italian, his ability and what modest club he is rooted in England.
What is the ability of Fabrizio Romano and the annual income?
WTFOOT estimated Romano's assets to around £ 1.6 million (€ 2 million) from August 2023, while it has been supposed to have increased considerably since then to make him a multi -millionaire.
HAFI reports that Romano made an estimated £ 336,000 ($ 416,000) for his work in only the past month, with an average annual income of these days of £ 3.9 million ($ 4.9 million) of all his income flows.
This includes income from all its social media accounts, as well as his work with Sky Sports, The Guardian and CBS Sports. The Italian journalist was also included in the 30-30 list of Forbes '30 years.
When breaking down his income, Romano makes the majority of his monthly income from Instagram, where it is estimated that he earns between £ 187,000 ($ 232k) and £ 256,000 ($ 318k) from the social media platform every month.
Romano makes a maximum of £ 24,000 ($ 30k) from YouTube and £ 54,000 ($ 67k) from Tiktok every month, while millions of subscribers coordinate every week to find out more about the transfer actions of the world.
How many followers does Fabrizio Romano have?
Romano has a total of 74.6 million followers on all its social media platforms. The journalist has the most followers on Instagram, with 33.7 m waiting to see his next piece of transfer news fall.
His x -continuous is the second best, with 23.4 million and 15.1 million on TIKTOK and 2.4 M subscribers on YouTube.
Fabrizio Romano's 'Big Break' thanks to Bruno Fernandes
Romano itself credit his “big break” in Top Flight Football Transfer News to Manchester United midfielder and captain Bruno Fernandes. Speaking with Skrilltv, the journalist believes that the Fernandes transfer from sporty CP to United in January 2020 was his biggest announcement of his career.
Romano said: “The most exciting deal, because the negotiation between Manchester United and Sporting CP lasted a long time. When I received the photo of Fernandes' agent in a plane that left for Manchester, I wrote:” We go here! “
“I remember the reaction of the man United fans – it was something incredible.”
His famous term, 'Lord we go', was thought of when he started announcing transfers, and it is something that has become part of his brand over the years – and it is believed that he has also made the expression trademark .
He said Transfarkt: “I have always loved social networks, but I have never thought of creating such a brand. I am not really a 'slogan type', if that is what you want to call it, but preferred gives other forms of communication.
“That happened to be born. I just wrote it at the end of a tweet and from that moment I always got the question of whether a negotiation 'here we are going' now. This made my readers happy and I decided to stay it and it Always gives the saying the importance it deserves and only uses it – always taking into account all the variables of the market. “
Constant phone calls and 'lack of sleep'
Pulse Sports reports that Romano's work in the transfer window looks a lot like all other journalists, rarely sleeps and often works non-stop. Because of his detailed insight into deals and movements between clubs, he is a trusted person for agents and teams to go with the first whisper of a transfer.
It is understanding that Romano makes at least 50 phone calls a day for his work and constantly meets and receives messages on all social media platforms in the hunt for the next transfer update.
It is also said that the Italian journalist often travels to hotels and stadiums to meet player agents or sports directors to get more information. It is said that he only sleeps five hours a day during the summer and winter transfer windows to keep track of every deal worldwide.
Fabrizio Romano's 'Surprise' team that he supports
Although many would assume that Romano's favorite team would be a successful Premier League, Serie A or La Liga Club, he actually has a weakness for a certain championship team.
The transfer expert revealed that he is a fan of Watford FC, because of their Italian property in the Pozzo family -and also because he chooses the team every time in Videogames FIFA (EAFC) and football manager.
In a tweet posted in 2019, Romano said: “To be honest … I support Watford because it is my club in FIFA and football manager since 15 years! And because of their Italian property! I would like to come back to Vicarage soon.
Sportbible also reported in 2024 that Romano visited the house of Watford for a special tour through the stadium, 10 years after the memorable game that the journalist helped to fall in love with the club. It was the birthday of the last-gasp winner of Troy Deeney in the semi-final of the play-offs against Leicester City to send the hornets to Wembley.
On YouTube, Romano remembered the victory when he said: “It was incredible, the feeling when Troy Deeney scored the goal, the last-minute goal after Manuel Almunia saved the penalty in the most important game of the play-offs was incredible.
“The feeling that I had when we had Troy Deeney's famous goal was something unforgettable for me. So it started to support Watford for me.”
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