The Juventud Herald
Squad4 Jan 2027
The knee: Martín Boselli out for 44 days
44 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Juventud lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
David Morosini says Juventud went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Jan 2027
Renzo Rabino hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Juventud can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jan 2027
Juventud turn down Cerrito for Nicolás Rossi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Juan Cruz Komar turns down Juventud
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Rosario Central keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Fernando Mimbacas 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 Juventud this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Nicolás Soria gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nicolás Soria has just signed for Juventud, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Juventud rebuffed over Juan Manuel Fedorco
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Independiente have kept their man, and Juventud go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Fernando Mimbacas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fernando Mimbacas, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Patricio Pernicone falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Fernando Mimbacas gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Federico Barrandeguy knocks on the manager's door