Why this exists
Transfer reporting is graded on nothing. A deal is called done, then it is not, and by the following week nobody is keeping score. This page is an attempt at keeping score: a dated snapshot of every deal the site tracks, appended each time the data is updated, so status changes become a record rather than a memory.
It is deliberately honest about its own age. The ledger starts on 2026-08-19. Nothing before that has been reconstructed, because a deal's history cannot be recovered from prose after the fact without guessing, and a reliability record built on guesses would be worth less than no record.
Where the window stands
| Stage | Deals | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Officially announced | 363 | Confirmed by a club, the only rows treated as fact |
| Agreed, not announced | 2 | Through a medical or agreed, but no announcement |
| Loan movement | 117 | Loans in and out, including returns |
| Reported interest | 121 | Live on a rumour board, no announcement |
| Retired | 53 | Cards marked dead: the deal happened elsewhere, or did not happen |
Status changes
| Date | Club | Player | Status change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | Arsenal | Ezri Konsa | adv → done |
| 2026-09-02 | Arsenal | Ismeal Kabia | — → loan |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Ibrahim Mbaye | rumour → adv |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Nicolas Jackson | rumour → done |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Leon Goretzka | — → done |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Yasin Özcan | — → done |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Aaron Wan-Bissaka | adv → done |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Ben Broggio | — → loan |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Emiliano Martínez | rumour → done |
| 2026-09-02 | Aston Villa | Ollie Watkins | rumour → done |
The data
All of it is published, not just displayed: every club as JSON at /data/, dated snapshots under /data/history/, and the running transitions ledger at /data/transitions.json.
Questions
How reliable is transfer news?
Nobody publishes a proper answer, because measuring it requires keeping a dated record of what was reported and then checking what happened. This page is that record. It starts on 2026-08-19 and grows daily; until enough deals have run their course, treat the counts below as a description of the window rather than a verdict on anybody's reporting.
What do the deal stages mean?
Done means a club has officially announced it, the only stage treated as fact. Advanced means agreed or through a medical but unannounced. Talks means clubs are negotiating. Reported interest is a link with no confirmed negotiation. The distinction matters: an advanced deal is not a completed one, and this site has had advanced deals collapse.
Where do the sources come from?
Individual deals carry a link to the reporting they rest on, shown under the note. Coverage is partial and growing, 24 of 522 current deal rows are sourced today. A row without a link is not less true, it simply has not had its provenance recorded yet.
Can I use this data?
Yes. Every club's data is published as JSON at /data/, with a snapshot history under /data/history/ and the transitions ledger at /data/transitions.json. Attribution appreciated.