Joaquín Núñez

Right Midfielder - Mar de Fondo
7 Feb 2028
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Marked for Joaquín Núñez

79 Edition

The Mar de Fondo Chronicle

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad31 Jan 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Fernando Gomez

48 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mar de Fondo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The terraces31 Jan 2028

Anger at Mar de Fondo 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.

Market31 Jan 2028

Adrián da Fonte 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 Mar de Fondo can pretend not to have heard.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Fernando Gomez 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 Mar de Fondo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Jan 2028

A row about effort at Mar de Fondo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Joaquín Núñez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Franco Santos knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Mar de Fondo, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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75 Edition

The Colon Sentinel

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad3 Jan 2028

A fracture rules Matías Santos out for 23 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Colon will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets3 Jan 2028

Diego Romero is a medical away from Colon

The deal with Liverpool Montevideo is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market3 Jan 2028

So close: Anthony Vilche’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Oriental moved on, Anthony Vilche reports back to Colon, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad3 Jan 2028

A falling-out at Colon

Matías Santos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Words at Colon training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leandro Méndez 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 targets3 Jan 2028

Door shut on Rubén Bentancourt

Colon asked and Defensor Sporting said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market3 Jan 2028

Colon sell Joaquín Núñez for $3.0K

Joaquín Núñez has left for Mar de Fondo in a $3.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Lucas Suárez pulls a muscle — 15 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

The dugout3 Jan 2028

No hiding place for Emiliano Vidart

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emiliano Vidart, and the manager let it.

In brief

75 Edition

The Mar de Fondo Chronicle

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Jan 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Alvaro Garcia

26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mar de Fondo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The terraces3 Jan 2028

The mood at Mar de Fondo has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Market3 Jan 2028

Pablo Rios asks to leave Mar de Fondo

“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.

Transfer targets3 Jan 2028

Mar de Fondo agree $3.0K for Simón Trenskenchu

The clubs have shaken hands with Deportivo Maldonado; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Transfer targets3 Jan 2028

Nicolás Ferreira is a medical away from Mar de Fondo

The deal with Artigas is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market3 Jan 2028

Mar de Fondo sign Joaquín Núñez for $3.0K

The paperwork is done: Joaquín Núñez joins from Colon in a deal worth $3.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Mar de Fondo

Fernando Gomez 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.

Transfer targets3 Jan 2028

Mar de Fondo baulk at the price for Simón Trenskenchu

Deportivo Maldonado wanted more than $3.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets3 Jan 2028

Mar de Fondo rebuffed over Cristian Techera

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. River Plate have kept their man, and Mar de Fondo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

74 Edition

The Mar de Fondo Chronicle

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom27 Dec 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at Mar de Fondo

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Mar de Fondo is running low.

Market27 Dec 2027

Franco Santos 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 Mar de Fondo, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market27 Dec 2027

Agustin Caceres agrees terms with Villa Teresa

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Mar de Fondo people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Transfer targets27 Dec 2027

$3.0K settles it between the clubs for Joaquín Núñez

Colon have accepted the money. What Mar de Fondo do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Words exchanged at Mar de Fondo

Fernando Gomez 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 targets27 Dec 2027

Too dear: Mar de Fondo walk away from Federico Millacet

$1.0K was the most the club would pay and La Luz were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Squad27 Dec 2027

A row about effort at Mar de Fondo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Michel Silveira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets27 Dec 2027

Atenas tell Mar de Fondo: Agustín Navarro is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Fernando Santos out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Fernando Santos, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

14 Edition

The Colon Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

Colon told to sell

The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Colon

Leandro Méndez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

199% of the income goes out in wages at Colon

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Agustín de Armas 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.

Market2 Nov 2026

The shop window has Agustín Chopitea in it

Colon have let the market know Agustín Chopitea can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Jonathan Ríos has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Colon will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief