The San Miguel Gazette
Squad11 Jan 2027
The knee: Damián Adín out for 77 days
77 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. San Miguel lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Iván Ramírez: 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.” San Miguel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at San Miguel
Kevin Ceceri 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 dugout11 Jan 2027
Lucas Delgado gets it from the manager
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at San Miguel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Desimone 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 dugout11 Jan 2027
A door opens for Leandro Desábato
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market11 Jan 2027
San Miguel and Mateo Serra are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market11 Jan 2027
The shop window has Tomás Jerez in it
San Miguel have let the market know Tomás Jerez can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market11 Jan 2027
Damián Adín linked with a move away
The name of Damián Adín keeps appearing in other people's back pages. San Miguel say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market The window shut and Iván Ramírez is still in the building
- Squad Jorge Ferrero has started doing his badges
- The dugout Facundo Cardozo keeps his manager's vote