The Deportivo Maldonado Herald
Market4 Sep 2028
Deportivo Maldonado turn down Bravo for Santiago Ramírez
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market4 Sep 2028
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 Deportivo Maldonado is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout4 Sep 2028
Luciano Aberasteguy frozen out at Deportivo Maldonado
This is not rotation. Luciano Aberasteguy has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Deportivo Maldonado is pretending otherwise.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Santiago Cartagena falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Tempers go at Deportivo Maldonado
Nicolás Goldstein 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.
Market4 Sep 2028
Talks stall between Deportivo Maldonado and Gonzalo Laborda
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout4 Sep 2028
When it matters, Genaro Arrue plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market4 Sep 2028
Santiago Ramírez placed on the list
Deportivo Maldonado have made Santiago Ramírez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
The dugout4 Sep 2028
Roney Villalba knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Roney Villalba trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Lucas Abreu are not good
- Squad Thiago Correa is put on a programme of his own
- The dugout The manager comes out for Martín Ginzo