The Libertad Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Qingdao West Coast come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Libertad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ángel González has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Libertad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Ángel González signs for Nacional while still at Libertad
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Ángel González has agreed terms with Nacional for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Aguilar stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gustavo Aguilar and Libertad agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Libertad
Nicolás Freire and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hugo Fernández wants European nights
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.
In brief
- The dugout Gustavo Aguilar gets it from the manager
- Market One of our own: Santiago Santa Cruz joins the Libertad first team
- Squad 10 new faces, and Libertad are still learning each other
- Squad Nicolás Freire remains an outsider