Editor-in-Chief of CaughtOffside. Mark is a highly experienced transfer news journalist, having worked with major national newspapers in the UK before taking on the lead role at CaughtOffside. He has been instrumental in recruiting the very best football journalists for CaughtOffside (including Fabrizio Romano, Christian Falk, Charles Watts and Alfredo Pedulla) and, alongside Fabrizio Romano, founded 'the Daily Briefing', which is the #1 football newsletter on Substack.

Alfredo is one of the most highly respected football journalists in Italy, breaking many of the biggest transfer news stories, interviewing the very best players and managers and presenting his analysis on numerous football programmes on Italian television.

He publishes much of his material on his own website and also contributes to La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sportitalia.

The Football Italia and CaughtOffside websites are the exclusive home to the English language versions of his news.

Sports broadcaster and journalist covering multiple World Cups, Olympic Games, Grand Slams and Majors and interview the likes of Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt, Roger Federer and Tiger Woods.

Charles Watts is one of the most respected journalists, having covered Arsenal whilst at Football London and Goal and now for his one million followers on social media.

Christian Falk is the head of football at the BILD Group, responsible for reporting on FC Bayern, Bundesliga and acts as team leader of the national team reporters.

Haydn has been a licensed agent for nearly 10 years and is now the Managing Director of Next Generation Management, who have recently teamed up with the football division at First Artist, who have been one of the leading sports agencies for over 30 years. Haydn has been involved in multi-million-pound deals and has a plethora of legal and sports experience, representing some of the brightest prospects in football along the way.

An award-winning journalist, breaking football transfer news exclusives, working with the most reliable sources in the industry for inside info on superstar signings in the Premier League and beyond.

Diego Maradona and the England football team were clients when Jon Smith launched the world-famous First Artist agency in 1986. He's gone on
to guide the careers of the nation’s most celebrated players
and managers, masterminding many of the world’s biggest transfers
and, alongside Sky Sports, was one of the architects of the English Premier League.

Jonathan is a Ligue 1 specialist journalist based in Paris as CBS Sports man on the ground. He provides CaughtOffside with in-depth insight and analysis on French football transfers. Previously, he has worked with Sky Sports, ESPN, Bleacher Report & BEIN Sport.

Keith Hackett is a former football referee, who began refereeing in local leagues in the Sheffield, South Yorkshire area in the 1960s and went on to officiate Olympic and European Championship matches in the 1980s and Premier League football matches in the 1990s. Keith is counted amongst the top 100 referees of all time and is a former head of the Professional Game Match Officials, which manages the refereeing across all Premier League and Football League matches.

Keith started writing for caughtoffside in 2021.

Mark R. Halsey was an English professional football referee who primarily refereed in the Premier League from 1999 to 2013 and was on the league's list of Select Group Referees from its creation in 2001 until his retirement. He refereed the League Cup Final between Tottenham and Chelsea in 2008.

Mark works as a pundit with BT Sport and CaughtOffside.com

Football journalist and broadcaster who has reported on Liverpool FC since 2009, providing in-depth coverage, analysis and reporting of the club around the world for GOAL and the Liverpool Echo.

Credited with discovering Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford, Rob Segal has been a football agent since 1996. He was one of the first agents in the world to become fully licensed and has since overseen more than 500 transfers, including Rob Van Persie's move to Arsenal and Marcel Desailly to Chelsea.

Over the course of the last 26 years, Rob has worked in two major football agencies, one PLC and most recently the YMU Group, who have the likes of Manchester United's Brandon Williams and Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Winks on their books.

Roberto has been a FIFA licensed agent since 2002 and now runs RDF Football, representing Cafu and Marcus Alonso amongst others. Previously, he was Director of Football for Sunderland AFC.

Ruairidh is a leading expert in La Liga and Spanish football. He's the editor of the #1 Spanish football publication, Football Espana, provides CaughtOffside readers with a weekly digest of the key news from Spain and his insight is regularly featured on CNN and the BBC news channels.

Stan Collymore is a football pundit and former player, signing for Liverpool FC in 1995 for an English transfer record fee of £8.5m. Stan also played for Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and England. He works with Canal+, TalkSport, Daily Mirror and BT Sport as a pundit.

Experienced football journalist, covering transfer news, matches and more for CaughtOffside.

Brad Mayor is a Fantasy Premier League expert, finishing in the Top 0.1% in the past two seasons. He provides CaughtOffside readers with insight and advice on FPL tactics and strategies.

Experienced football journalist, mainly focused on La Liga, also seen on Spanish football news site Football Espana.

Football writer for CaughtOffside, Fulham season ticket holder, hunter of the biggest transfer gossip across world football.

Founder of the Boy Hotspur and avid Substacker

Paul Rutter is a seasoned Newcastle United content creator with over eight years of experience, including roles at Newcastle Fans TV and as an analyst on NE1 FM/Nova Radio. As Co-Founder of Magpie 24/7, he's helped build a community of 227,000+ fans, since 2023, delivering unfiltered, fan-led coverage of the club in his blood. Paul is a regular contributor on Sky Sports, and has appeared on talkSPORT. He also serves as a Starting XI Fanalyst on Fanalysis, bringing his insight and pure Geordie passion to the biggest stages. He's been a season ticket holder at Newcastle United for nearly 10 years and has (almost) seen it all watching the Magpies at St James' Park since his first ever game back in 1997, a 2-0 win over Hull! 

Mass Comms graduate, Sports Writer and an avid Liverpool fan. Working with Fabrizio Romano and others to deliver you the biggest transfer stories from all across the world of football.