The Independiente Herald
Squad3 Jun 2030
A knee injury of the worst kind for Nicolás Watson
33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Independiente lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout3 Jun 2030
Nicolás Watson keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Independiente may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market3 Jun 2030
Luciano Cabral has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Independiente they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market3 Jun 2030
Independiente turn down Audax Italiano for Franco Ratotti
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Jun 2030
Santiago Gallucci Otero hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Independiente can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Jun 2030
Words exchanged at Independiente
Mauro Arambarri 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.
Boardroom3 Jun 2030
Mirko Díaz signs for Central Córdoba SdE while still at Independiente
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Mirko Díaz has agreed terms with Central Córdoba SdE for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad3 Jun 2030
A row about effort at Independiente
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rodrigo Rey was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Jun 2030
No place for Ignacio Maestro Puch in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ignacio Maestro Puch has his answer from Independiente; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Ignacio Maestro Puch
- Transfer targets A loan move for Álvaro Fidalgo is in the works
- Transfer targets A loan move for Agustín Álvarez is in the works