On August 7, after The Athletic famous reporter Ornstein broke the news that Manchester United asked for the transfer of Baleba, he said that the news was first revealed by blogger Indykaila (Cuckold) which caused heated discussions on the foreign website. The update was watched nearly 20 million times. Recently, Ornstein responded to this for the first time while doing a podcast program.

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Ornstein said: "My basic principle is: as long as I see conclusive news, I may be following up but not released yet. This connection is too wide and it becomes an embarrassing thing. The news in this era cannot be kept at all. So whether I am happy or not, sometimes others report the real news first, such as the Baleba incident, and I may be about to release or verify it afterwards, so I should greet them. This is fair.

"Occasionally, I will miss the news and apologize to the relevant persons. Some people are quite annoyed by not being signed, which I may add in later or mention in the next report. To be honest, signing is a bit tricky, and now it is a little out of control. Of course I am very grateful when others sign me, but maybe it is better for everyone to focus on their jobs.

"I did not deliberately avoid it, just like when Arsenal's pursuit of Moscrat this summer was published by the "Hand of Arsenal" account. This account has accumulated reputation and should be treated the same way. Unless there are special reasons, such as the background of the account makes me uneasy or doubt its credibility. But I have always been like this for respected industry peers. It is true that some people are working hard in the right way, not referring to everyone, they may get more accurate information than us. So the signature is signed, of course... it needs to be carefully considered.

"Later, many people asked me, 'Why sign? ’, I actually didn’t expect it to be so big. Someone mentioned the background of that account (Cuckold) to me and said that it had sent some rumors, but several others told me that they had met the operator and found it reliable. Since there is a team operating seriously, why don’t I do it? I have no reason to refuse to sign. Later I personally verified the report. How to say it, this industry is quite funny, and I think everyone should not be too serious. ”