Emir Basabe

Goalkeeper - Salto
29 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Emir Basabe

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The Salto Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put Salto out

Out, 1‑2 to Boston River, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad

Tomás Monua gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Tomás Monua has just signed for Salto, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Adrián Cárdenas signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adrián Cárdenas and Salto agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Salto

Matías Núñez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout

Moisés Morales gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Moisés Morales already looking beyond Salto

He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.

Squad

Emir Basabe needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Salto know which stage they are at.

Market

Still no ink between Salto and Matías Núñez

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Salto, another week without a signature from Matías Núñez.

The dugout

Brian Ramirez answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

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The Salto Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Salto

Sebastián Fernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Fernando Hernandez steps up from the Salto academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Hernandez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Joaquin Olivera joins the Salto first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joaquin Olivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Mathias Hernandez steps up from the Salto academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathias Hernandez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Salto promote Andres Martinez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andres Martinez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Sebastián Fernández

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief