[Suggestion] Journalists with credibility ratings/reputation among fans

[autohoratio]

Something that would make the social feed a lot more interesting IMO would be journalists having reliability/credibility attributes, and a fan reputation score – with certain journalists (for example Ornstein for Arsenal) being privy to more accurate and detailed information, and having greater knowledge of which players are actually being tracked by the club vs which are rumours spread by agents or made up by tabloids. Meanwhile, a less reputable journalist (*cough* Tancredi Palmeri *cough*) might throw darts at a wall and announce "BOOM! {High-profile Player} has agreed to join {Champions League Club} for €80m and €300k wage! Contract is signed, announcement in 24 hours!", only to be met with ridicule by the social feed fans (and instead of "12,345 likes", perhaps "12,345 laughing emojis"). If a journalist establishes themselves as the gospel relating to a particular club, perhaps they could even attain Cult Icon status, with fans semi-jokingly calling for them to be given a statue outside the stadium and making social feed posts proclaiming their love for them. Additionally, more reliable journos would be able to reveal in greater detail the terms of the transfer fee or the player's contract, e.g. goal bonuses, signing on fees, add-on clauses, installments, yearly wage rises or release clauses. Certain agents might be more likely to "leak" one particular type of clause to the press than others, likewise certain journalists will be more interested in reporting details of a specific clause. Perhaps agents will also have a favoured journalist of their own, and not give information to one they don't like, leaving the more reliable source playing catchup and only able to confirm previously reported news several days after it's first broken.

Would be interested to know others' feedback on this idea.

p.s. – while I'm making a transfer-related suggestion, it would be really useful to be able to add a player to a loan shortlist without having to "Declare interest->for loan" so that the clubs interested panel on Transfer Status more accurately reflects that I want to loan the player rather than make a transfer offer.

[Jimmy Wong]

Reviewed so locked.