From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Guarani.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Jones El-Abdellaoui is the division's player of the month — 8.58
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Guarani man on 8.58 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Jones El-Abdellaoui is the month's best young player — 8.58
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.58 over the month and 6 goal contributions, from a Guarani player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Apr 2027
Lautaro Comas hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sportivo Luqueno can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
The division’s top provider is Fernando Fernández — 8.14
3 assists across the month from a Guarani player marked 8.14. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Apr 2027
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” KuPS had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market1 Apr 2027
The offer from Breidablik for Ricardo Marecos was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market1 Apr 2027
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Cerro Porteno heard it as anything else.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
4 goals in 4 appearances for Cerro Porteno leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Guarani, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Sportivo Trinidense.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Derlis Gonzalez is the division's player of the month — 8.16
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Olimpia man on 8.16 with 7 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Guarani
Jones El-Abdellaoui was marked 8.23 and had a hand in 5 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Mar 2027
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
The division’s top provider is Derlis Gonzalez — 8.16
3 assists across the month from a Olimpia player marked 8.16. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
8.23 on average across 4 matches for Guarani. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Market1 Mar 2027
Esbjerg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Olimpia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Mar 2027
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Cerro Porteno heard it as anything else.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
4 goals in 4 appearances for Cerro Porteno leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
4 in 4 for Olimpia. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
4 goals in 4 appearances for Guarani leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Feb 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Olimpia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2027
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Olimpia people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market1 Feb 2027
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Olimpia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Jan 2027
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Olimpia people have started saying his name in the past tense.
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Steady
Market1 Dec 2026
José Benítez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sportivo Luqueno is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Dec 2026
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jonatan Torres wants continental football; whether Cerro Porteno can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Nov 2026
Nery Bareiro hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what 12 de Octubre can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Olimpia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Nov 2026
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Olimpia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Oct 2026
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market1 Oct 2026
Libertad say no — this time
The offer from Nizhniy Novgorod for Iván Ramírez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Sep 2026
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market1 Sep 2026
Lucas González has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nacional they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Sep 2026
The bid was some way short and Cerro Porteno did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Aug 2026
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jonatan Torres wants continental football; whether Cerro Porteno can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market1 Aug 2026
5 months and counting on Manuel Roffo
Still no offer on the table, and Manuel Roffo’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.