The Independiente Herald
Squad6 Sep 2027
The knee: Santiago Arias out for 102 days
102 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Independiente lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market6 Sep 2027
Sebastián Valdez puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Independiente, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout6 Sep 2027
Pablo Aguiar: 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.” Independiente have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market6 Sep 2027
Wuhan Three Towns come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Independiente did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Facundo Valdez signs for Deportivo Merlo while still at Independiente
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Facundo Valdez has agreed terms with Deportivo Merlo for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Joaquín Blázquez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Independiente this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
Enzo Taborda counts the days
“I watch every Independiente game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Cerro Largo runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A step back for Valentín Vada at Independiente
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Lautaro Millán
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Lautaro Millán has come out of that comparison in the side, and Independiente have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Rodrigo Rey plays
- Market The Facundo Zabala question follows Independiente around
- The dugout Dylan Aguilar gets it from the manager