The Liverpool Montevideo Chronicle
Squad11 Feb 2030
101 days out for Raúl Tito after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Liverpool Montevideo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market11 Feb 2030
Jhonathan Soria asks to leave Liverpool Montevideo
“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.
Market11 Feb 2030
Juan Martín Pirota is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Liverpool Montevideo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom11 Feb 2030
Joaquin Pereira signs on for the long haul
Liverpool Montevideo moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Joaquin Pereira, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Tempers go at Liverpool Montevideo
Gabriel Obredor 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.
Boardroom11 Feb 2030
Graduation day at Liverpool Montevideo
7 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market11 Feb 2030
Liverpool Montevideo promote Mathias Pellistri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mathias Pellistri has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market11 Feb 2030
One of our own: Ramon Nunez joins the Liverpool Montevideo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ramon Nunez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Thiago Rojas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thiago Rojas and Liverpool Montevideo agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the Liverpool Montevideo board did not keep
- The dugout Enzo Castillo gets it from the manager
- The dugout When it matters, Franco Nicola plays