Fabrizio Romano on Bet It Drives: What Happens Before "Here we go"

Football journalist Fabrizio Romano is known as the name who breaks the biggest transfer news before most others. GR8_TECH's CSO Yevhen Krazhan hosts Bet It Drives, which opened its fifth season with this first episode. In the episode, Krazhan takes a car journey with Romano in Lisbon.

The conversation looks at the process behind Romano's "Here we go" phrase. During the busy transfer windows, Romano is said to post more than 100 updates a day across several platforms. Romano says he has refused to put his reports behind a subscription and wants his information to stay open to everyone.

Romano compares the transfer market to a puzzle. In his view, the pieces have to be placed in the right order and in the right place at the right time. Krazhan believes Romano's ability to combine speed, trust and judgement makes him an ideal guest to open this season.

The programme discusses questions such as how to decide which information to believe, when to act quickly and when to wait. It also examines how the tension between being first to report and being right is managed.