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Steady
Market27 Sep 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.
Market27 Sep 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guarani is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Thiago Servín, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Steady
Squad2 Aug 2027
Imanol Segovia: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Guarani have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad2 Aug 2027
79 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market2 Aug 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guarani is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Voices raised on the Guarani training ground
Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.
Squad2 Aug 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.
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
8 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Crisis
Match26 Jun 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“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.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
17 appearances away from home and 13 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Guarani, and 4 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
The terraces28 Jun 2027
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad28 Jun 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Jesús Alvarenga will call it something else in private.
Market28 Jun 2027
Guarani have made Rodrigo Paillalef available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Thiago Servín 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 Guarani, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market28 Jun 2027
Still no signature from Bruninho
5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guarani could get for him.
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Steady
Market10 May 2027
Aldo Pérez 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 Guarani can pretend not to have heard.
Match8 May 2027
6 unbeaten for Guarani
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Guarani did not have in the autumn.
Squad10 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mariano Ramos commits to Guarani for another 4 years.
Squad10 May 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.
Match8 May 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. 12 de Octubre defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad10 May 2027
Thiago Servín 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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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
The bid was some way short and Guarani did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
115% of the income goes out in wages at Guarani
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Jorge signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jorge commits to Guarani for another 3 years.
Market7 Dec 2026
Thiago Servín is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Guarani has been clear about where Thiago Servín stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market7 Dec 2026
Experience through the door at Guarani
Rodrigo Paillalef arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market7 Dec 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Juan Patiño has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Juan Patiño keeps the shirt for now, at Guarani's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
Gaspar Servio 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Thiago Servín plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Iván Ramírez commits to Guarani for another 4 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 46 days on the sidelines for Jesús Alvarenga, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Thiago Servín plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
Astana come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Guarani did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gaspar Servio 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.