Editorial
Editorial Guidelines
Last updated: 11 July 2026
Mercato reports on football transfers through a source-linked, automation-assisted publishing workflow. These guidelines explain how we distinguish reporting from confirmation and how stories are attributed, updated and corrected.
Sources and attribution
Material transfer claims should identify and link to the originating publisher or reporter whenever a usable source URL is available. We do not present third-party reporting as first-hand Mercato reporting. Official club or player announcements take precedence when they directly confirm or contradict an earlier report.
Reporting, rumours and confirmation
Transfer interest, enquiries, negotiations, bids and agreements are different stages. A report remains attributed to its source and should not be described as official unless an authorized club, competition or player representative confirms it.
Automation and editorial controls
Automated systems may discover, classify, translate, summarize, group and tag reports. We use source rules, duplicate detection, catalog matching and quality checks to reduce errors. Automation can still make mistakes, so readers should consult the linked original source for decisive claims.
Updates and story history
Related developments may be added to an existing permanent story URL instead of being republished as near-duplicate articles. New entries retain their own source and timestamp. Publication dates are not artificially refreshed when no meaningful information has been added.
Corrections and accountability
Material errors, incorrect attribution and entity-tagging mistakes should be corrected promptly. Significant source developments remain visible through the story history where appropriate. Correction requests can be sent to mercatocc10@gmail.com with the page URL and supporting evidence.
Independence and commercial content
Advertising, sponsorship or commercial relationships do not determine editorial conclusions. Paid or sponsored material must be clearly disclosed and must not be presented as independent reporting.
Rights and content concerns
Content removal and attribution requests
If you are a publisher, rights holder, source, club, player representative or other authorized party and you do not want a report, summary, attribution, link or reference to appear on Mercato, please contact us at mercatocc10@gmail.com.
Please include the relevant page URL, the material you want reviewed, your relationship to the content and a short explanation of the request. We review these requests promptly and, where appropriate, remove, correct, update attribution or de-index content without unnecessary delay.