The Mérida Chronicle
Boardroom30 Jun 2036
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mérida
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market30 Jun 2036
Sam Lewis has said yes to Teruel
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Mérida have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market30 Jun 2036
Léo Milliner asks to leave Mérida
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout30 Jun 2036
Thiago Perruisset keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mérida may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market30 Jun 2036
Mérida turn down Real Avilés for Odil Akhmedov
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market30 Jun 2036
Only the photograph left for Julen Vega
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Julen Vega will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Mérida the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Transfer targets30 Jun 2036
The paperwork begins on Hugo Moya
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Mérida have done the hard part with Barcelona, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad30 Jun 2036
Cătălin Vulturar 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 Mérida this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets30 Jun 2036
Mérida rebuffed over Luciano Berg
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Leganés have kept their man, and Mérida go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Squad Words at Mérida training over how hard people work
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Lautaro Alfieri
- Transfer targets Mérida ask about Lucien Agoumé