The Fenix Herald
Boardroom2 Dec 2030
Fenix put Nicolas Olivera on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
The terraces2 Dec 2030
Anger at Fenix spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market2 Dec 2030
Harlem Salas asks to leave Fenix
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout2 Dec 2030
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Market2 Dec 2030
Gonzalo Vitureira is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Fenix is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Dec 2030
Words exchanged at Fenix
Máximo Alonso 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.
Squad2 Dec 2030
Edgar De Olivera arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Edgar De Olivera has, at Fenix, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad2 Dec 2030
Words at Fenix training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Thaller 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.
Transfer targets2 Dec 2030
Door shut on Brian Ocampo
Fenix asked and Universidad de Chile 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
- Market Lautaro Gutiérrez told to find a new club
- Market Still no ink between Fenix and Agustín Olavarría
- The dugout The manager's exit leaves Máximo Alonso exposed