Bruno Celan

Attacking Midfielder (L) - UCV
10 Jul 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Bruno Celan

150 Edition

The UCV Post

11 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Agustín Alastra

There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

The dugout

Bruno Celan says UCV 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.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Rodrigo Pollero

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. UCV have done the hard part with Deportivo Tachira, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Market

Rayo Zuliano watching José Araguache

The interest is real enough to have reached print. UCV have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Tempers go at UCV

Juan Manuel Cuesta 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 targets

UCV make their move for Jose Casseres

$20.0K on the table at Titanes Guanare. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

A row about effort at UCV

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

Match

UCV cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Jhonatan Restrepo

UCV asked and Monagas 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

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The UCV Post

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

Carlos Romero due for a UCV medical

Everything agreed with Dynamo Puerto, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market

Victor Ramirez 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 UCV, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Luis Gamarra has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around UCV they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

A falling-out at UCV

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

Transfer targets

UCV make their move for Jose Casseres

$20.0K on the table at Titanes Guanare. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

A row about effort at UCV

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

Market

A season away well spent by Maicol Ruiz

27 games, 1 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at UCV now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.

Market

UCV and Giancarlo Schiavone are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Jean Carlos Polo slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Jean Carlos Polo is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

In brief