Fabrizio Romano Finally Discloses the English Club He Supports

• Fabrizio Romano recently appeared on Gary Lineker's new podcast, The Rest Is Football
• The Italian used the opportunity to give fans a sneak peek into his life and career
• Romano also revealed how he gets classified information on football transfers

Football transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has finally disclosed the English club that he supports.

Romano has made a name for himself as one of the most trusted sources for football transfer news.

Despite his heavy involvement in the world of football, the Italian journalist has hardly made known the club he supports.

However, he recently opened up on his favourite English club, disclosing that he supports Championship side Watford.

According to Daily Star, Romano revealed this while appearing on Gary Lineker's new podcast, The Rest Is Football, which he co-hosts with Match of the Day colleagues Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.

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Romano's revelation left the podcast's hosts dumbstruck, with Lineker exclaiming:

"How and why?!"

To which the Italian journalist responded:

"Because I was on TV when it was the crazy game with Troy Deeney scoring against Leicester."

"And I was buzzing. My allegiance with Watford was the Italian ownership, with the Pozzo family.

"I started to follow English football, for me this attraction to Watford, to London, the Italian family taking care of the club, for me was really attractive," he added.

How does romano get transfer news?

Meanwhile, the transfer guru used the opportunity to disclose how he gets accurate transfer news.

According to the Italian, he is often in direct contact with players, who will message him if they are looking to leave their club.

“How do I get some transfer info? A lot of players are directly texting me, or I’m texting them too to ask for information," he admitted.

"Sometimes they tell me ‘please can you say something about me because I want to leave the club?’ He continued.

Source: Legit.ng