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Ben Jacobs

Journalist · Global beat · Trust 86/100 · 33 live stories · @jacobsben

Every live transfer story Ben Jacobs is behind, scored by probability · and how their reporting holds up, from Transfer Tracker's source-credibility engine.

How reliable is Ben Jacobs?

92% of Ben Jacobs's resolved transfer calls came true. Of the done-deal calls we have been able to settle, 130 landed and 11 collapsed, with 9 still open. That record feeds the credibility weight every Ben Jacobs story carries in our probability model · how the scoring works · all reporters ranked by accuracy.

Live stories Ben Jacobs is behind

• Carlos Baleba: Brighton & Hove Albion → Manchester United · 62%
• Ollie Watkins: Aston Villa → Al Hilal · 48%
• Nico González: Manchester City → Newcastle United · 39%
• Toby Collyer: Manchester United → West Brom · 56%
• Pedro Neto: Chelsea → Al Hilal · 30%
• Ayyoub Bouaddi: LOSC Lille → Manchester City · 51%
• Dayann Methalie: Toulouse → Sunderland · 88%
• Jamie Gittens: Chelsea → Fenerbahçe · 4%
• João Palhinha: FC Bayern München → Newcastle United · 2%
• Ryan Kavuma-McQueen: Chelsea → Portsmouth · 92%
• Landon Emenalo: Chelsea → Celtic · 73%
• H. Howell: Brighton & Hove Albion → Leicester City · 90%
• Taylor Harwood-Bellis: Southampton → Benfica · 40%
• Tosin Adarabioyo: Chelsea → Benfica · 18%
• El Hadji Malick Diouf: West Ham United → Brentford · 38%
• Myles Lewis-Skelly: Arsenal → Manchester United · 11%
• Alex Murphy: Newcastle United → FC Kaiserslautern · 96%
• Enzo Fernández: Chelsea → Manchester City · 50%
• Reggie Walsh: Chelsea → Wigan · 74%
• João Palhinha: FC Bayern München → Aston Villa · 2%

Receipts · 130 landed · 11 collapsed · 9 unsettled

• ✗ Éderson → Manchester United · “Here we go” 2026-07-08 · deal collapsed
• ~ Tijjani Reijnders → Al-Qadsiah · “Fee agreed” 2026-08-13 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ~ Ezri Konsa → Arsenal · “Here we go” 2026-08-19 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ✓ Bernardo Silva → Real Madrid · “Here we go” 2026-06-17 · deal completed
• ~ Nico Elvedi → Leeds United · “Here we go” 2026-08-19 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ~ Jovan Milosevic → Braga · “Here we go” 2026-08-19 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ~ Zion Suzuki → Aston Villa · “Here we go” 2026-08-17 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ~ Joël Piroe → West Ham United · “Here we go” 2026-08-17 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ~ Matteo Ruggeri → Aston Villa · “Here we go” 2026-08-19 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ~ Aaron Wan-Bissaka → Aston Villa · “Fee agreed” 2026-08-18 · confirmed by the app · not register-verified
• ✓ Zavier Gozo → Crystal Palace · “Here we go” 2026-08-08 · deal completed
• ✓ Rodri → FC Barcelona · “Here we go” 2026-08-18 · deal completed
• ✓ Mika Godts → Paris Saint Germain · “Here we go” 2026-08-15 · deal completed
• ✓ Guglielmo Vicario → Juventus · “Here we go” 2026-08-18 · deal completed
• ✓ Amar Dedić → Newcastle United · “Here we go” 2026-08-18 · deal completed

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