Marked for Facundo Perdomo
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nicolás Garayalde
71 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Liverpool Montevideo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces1 Feb 2027
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Diego Romero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Facundo Perdomo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ramiro Degregorio is on it.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Lucas Acosta asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
119 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Liverpool Montevideo lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market21 Dec 2026
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Rafael Hornos had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market21 Dec 2026
Paysandu FC come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Liverpool Montevideo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
The deal with Grêmio is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Racing Club have kept their man, and Liverpool Montevideo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Diego Romero 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 dugout21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Acosta, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Perdomo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
Valentín Rodríguez 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at Liverpool Montevideo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Facundo Perdomo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Ramiro Degregorio has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Liverpool Montevideo will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Liverpool Montevideo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Liverpool Montevideo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Zabala is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Facundo Perdomo 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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Santiago Milano, and the manager let it.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Diego Romero knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Liverpool Montevideo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Facundo Núñez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Liverpool Montevideo will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.