The River Plate Gazette
The terraces1 Feb 2027
Anger at River Plate spills outside the ground
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
The silence upstairs is getting loud at River Plate
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
Tempers go at River Plate
Matías Vecino 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words at River Plate training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matías Figueredo 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 dugout1 Feb 2027
Inti López 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 River Plate, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Facundo Paredes slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Facundo Paredes is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Market1 Feb 2027
Still no ink between River Plate and Francisco Triver
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at River Plate, another week without a signature from Francisco Triver.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I want to play”: Diego Sánchez speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
The manager makes Gerónimo Blanco a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at River Plate. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Market River Plate put Jonathan Parejo up for sale
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Matías Vecino