Rule reminder
At the B2 mastery level, reported speech requires simultaneous management of: tense backshift across multiple clauses, journalistic condizionale, congiuntivo selection, pronoun and possessive shifts, deictic changes, reporting verb register, and optional backshift for timeless truths.
A journalist writes: «Il CEO avrebbe affermato, durante la riunione a porte chiuse, che l'azienda _____ considerando un'acquisizione.» Which form signals unverified news?