The Universidad Catolica Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Jhojan Valencia for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Universidad Catolica will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Market8 Feb 2027
Clemente Montes 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Oston O'runov 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Universidad Catolica
Fernando Zuqui 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.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Luis Sanchez wants to come home
“I did not go to Palestino to sit and watch. I want to come back to Universidad Catolica and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Vicente Bernedo
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Jimmy Evans has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Universidad Catolica will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Market8 Feb 2027
Felipe Fuentes leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Felipe Fuentes leaves Universidad Catolica the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market8 Feb 2027
Raimundo Vega leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Raimundo Vega leaves Universidad Catolica the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Vicente Carcamo leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Universidad Catolica keep producing them
- The dugout The manager comes out for Diego Valencia