The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle
Squad3 Feb 2031
124 days out for Ramón Arias after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Santiago Wanderers will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Tempers go at Santiago Wanderers
John Valladares 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.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Branco Ampuero 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.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Brayan Garrido signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brayan Garrido commits to Santiago Wanderers for another 2 years.
The dugout3 Feb 2031
Raimundo Rebolledo gets picked when it counts
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 Raimundo Rebolledo is on it.
Market3 Feb 2031
Cristopher Valenzuela told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Cristopher Valenzuela has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Santiago Wanderers.
In brief
- The dugout Ramón Arias asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager makes Jason León a promise
- Market The Sebastián Salas story refuses to die
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Raimundo Rebolledo