The Defensa y Justicia Post
Squad21 Jun 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for David Barbona
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Defensa y Justicia lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market21 Jun 2027
Junior come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Defensa y Justicia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market21 Jun 2027
Terms done: Thiago Rojas is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Envigado waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Defensa y Justicia is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
Failed medical for Carlos Gugenheim
The deal with Almirante Brown died in the treatment room. Nobody will say what was found and everybody in the game will find out by Friday.
Market21 Jun 2027
Thomas Oliveri asks to leave Defensa y Justicia
“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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Fernando Román has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Defensa y Justicia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Jun 2027
César Pérez 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 Defensa y Justicia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Luciano González is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
Door shut on Juan Musso
Defensa y Justicia asked and Atlético Madrid said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad Dylan Almada stays put
- The dugout No hiding place for Ayrton Portillo
- Loan watch Juan Miritello keeps scoring at Fortaleza