The Deportes La Serena Gazette
Market1 Jan 2029
Javier Rivera 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 The request is on a desk at Deportes La Serena, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets1 Jan 2029
Fee done, terms next for Paolo Dorini
Deportes La Serena and Unión San Felipe have settled on $520.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
The terraces1 Jan 2029
Supporters turn on the $770.0K sale of Nicolás Castagno
He is going to Universidad de Concepcion, the club has $770.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
The dugout1 Jan 2029
Nicolás Stefanelli frozen out at Deportes La Serena
This is not rotation. Nicolás Stefanelli has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Deportes La Serena is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom1 Jan 2029
Deportes La Serena go back to the board over Javier Calderón
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $270.0K — a club that wants Javier Calderón enough to be asked twice.
Squad1 Jan 2029
A move Agustín Moreno would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Agustín Moreno is living that version at Deportes La Serena, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market1 Jan 2029
Nicolás Castagno moves on
Universidad de Concepcion pay $770.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Deportes La Serena
Nicolás Stefanelli 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.
Transfer targets1 Jan 2029
Door shut on Ezequiel Naya
Deportes La Serena asked and Estudiantes 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 Gonzalo Escalante falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Axel Roldán is no longer first choice
- Market Talks stall between Deportes La Serena and Gonzalo Escalante