Today, another rumor about Mesut Ozil coming to D.C. United popped up in the British press. Since our own Jason Anderson has created a detailed guide on how to evaluate such rumors, let’s take this article and put it through.
Criteria 1: Are there actual quotes anywhere in the piece?
The article is 4 sentences long and contain no quotes from anyone, so it fails this criteria far and away.
As Jason said in the original guide:
The lowest form of transfer rumor involves taking an out-of-date rumor that maybe did have some juice at some point and serving it back up some time in the future, with no new developments or sourcing.