Nicolás Vidal

Central Defender - Sunderland
19 Apr 2036
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The Sunderland Chronicle

10 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad10 Mar 2036

A fracture rules Luke Wilson out for 18 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sunderland will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market10 Mar 2036

Will Fish has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sunderland they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings10 Mar 2036

Dan Neil pops up at the right end — 7.78

7.78, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad10 Mar 2036

A falling-out at Sunderland

Manfred Ugalde and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match8 Mar 2036

Sunderland find a way past Chelsea

Chelsea made Sunderland work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings10 Mar 2036

One of those days for Stefanos Tzimas

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.29, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market10 Mar 2036

Still no ink between Sunderland and Manfred Ugalde

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sunderland, another week without a signature from Manfred Ugalde.

The dugout10 Mar 2036

No hiding place for Alexis Mirbach

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexis Mirbach, and the manager let it.

Squad10 Mar 2036

Julian Eyestone has had enough of the noise

The ambition story running backwards, and the one nobody tells: a footballer who wants a smaller ground, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is rarely reported as anything else.

In brief

  • Market No place for Åke Andersson in the plan
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Squad Nicolás Vidal falls out with a teammate over standards
Back issues
499 Edition

The Sunderland Chronicle

18 Feb 2036
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market18 Feb 2036

Valentín Carboni puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sunderland, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings18 Feb 2036

Both of them Stefanos Tzimas's — 8.88

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.88, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market18 Feb 2036

Only the photograph left for Alexis Mirbach

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexis Mirbach will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sunderland the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Player ratings18 Feb 2036

Jamie Gittens beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match16 Feb 2036

Sunderland see off Nottingham Forest

Three points for Sunderland, 2‑0 the final word against Nottingham Forest in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout18 Feb 2036

No hiding place for Camiel Neghli

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Camiel Neghli, and the manager let it.

Squad18 Feb 2036

Words exchanged at Sunderland

Freddie Murdock 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.

The dugout18 Feb 2036

Martin Ulmer: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.

Squad18 Feb 2036

Words at Sunderland training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Vidal is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

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The Crystal Palace Courier

9 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market9 Oct 2034

Aarón Anselmino puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Crystal Palace, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market9 Oct 2034

Isaac Dunn is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Crystal Palace is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad9 Oct 2034

Tempers go at Crystal Palace

Sindre Walle Egeli 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.

Boardroom9 Oct 2034

Nicolás Vidal has agreed to leave Crystal Palace for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

The dugout9 Oct 2034

Jim Thwaites 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.

Match7 Oct 2034

A bad afternoon for Crystal Palace against Arsenal

0‑1 to Arsenal, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad9 Oct 2034

Home is on Moslem Anatouf's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Crystal Palace are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad9 Oct 2034

Words at Crystal Palace training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benjamin Markuš is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout9 Oct 2034

Anton Seidel: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief