The Platense Sentinel
Squad23 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Hernán Paredes
37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Platense lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market23 Aug 2027
Sergio Vergara is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Platense is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Platense to lose Lucas Testa for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Lucas Testa has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Platense
Juan Saborido and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Platense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maximiliano Amarfil 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nahuel Vives signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nahuel Vives and Platense agree another 3 years.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Juan Gauto gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Juan Gauto is on it.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Kevin Cataño 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ignacio Vázquez linked with a move away
The name of Ignacio Vázquez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Platense say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Lucas Roa
- The dugout Eugenio Raggio asks for a word with the manager
- Loan watch Juan Pablo Goicochea keeps scoring at Defensor Sporting