The Central Norte Courier
Squad4 Jan 2027
The knee: Tomás Castro out for 22 days
22 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Central Norte lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market4 Jan 2027
Enzo Vázquez asks to leave Central Norte
“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 dugout4 Jan 2027
Matías Villarreal: 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.” Central Norte have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Central Norte
Agustín Lamosa 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Central Norte
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Maximiliano Ribero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Alejandro Torres 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A step back for Matías Villarreal at Central Norte
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.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Luis Alberto Cabrera asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market4 Jan 2027
The Franco Vedoya talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Central Norte know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Central Norte and Leonardo Felissia
- Market Emanuel Quiroga leaves for nothing