I try dealing with the issue of 'these days, everything is on the web' by applying as much common sense as possible.
Yes, it is possible that the manager of Kleiner Scheisshaufen Spvgg would have learnt some English and that one of his buddies in the local Bierstube tells him about this link in the Wllrtychgdn Gazette online where it mentions that their gifted but jumpy young forward has been sacked by Wllrtychgdn Utd for non-football (but rather sheep-) related issues.
Suppose, he goes online and gets really convinced that that young man would be a real asset to his team, how would he convince the board that they should invest more than €0,00 to get this guy, rather than an also somewhat promising young forward that they have seen playing with their own eyes in the U-21 Tuesday evening Bauernlandmilch competition, two villages down the road?
I even have moral qualms about signing non-regional players, but the current game scouting system makes it rather impossible to scout only the two bit teams that surround our LL teams.
It would be more realistic, though.
Bigger DB, please, SI