'Even my wife didn’t know': Defender left stunned by inside knowledge of Fabrizio Romano

Fabrizio Romano has built himself a reputation of one of the most credible football journalists in the world.

He provides updates on transfers around the clock via his Twitter account, sharing inside knowledge about the transfer market.

There are no limits to his knowledge, as evidenced by the recent case of Japanese international Maya Yoshida.

The defender leaves Sampdoria and is set to join Schalke 04. He was in negotiations with Turkish side Trabzonspor.

"Schalke 04 are set to sign Japanese centre back Maya Yoshida on a free transfer," Romano tweeted. "Been told he’s gonna fly to Germany tomorrow to undergo medical tests.

"Schalke going to continue their Japanese era - Yoshida turned down many offers, including Trabzonspor."

Yoshida reacted to Romano's update on Twitter.

"This guy is incredible… even my wife didn’t know about Trabzonspor," he wrote.

"Thank you for the kind words, Maya… and tell your wife to follow me here of she wants Yoshida updates!" Romano joked in response.

"Here we go! Was a pleasure to have you in Italy and enjoy Schalke."