Alexander Meyer

Goalkeeper - Atlas
4 Aug 2043
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Marked for Alexander Meyer

842 Edition

The Atlas Courier

15 Sep 2042
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad15 Sep 2042

Rafael Guerrero damages knee ligaments — 124 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 124 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings15 Sep 2042

Age has not caught José Luis Martín yet — 7.95

At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.95 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market15 Sep 2042

Oribe Vega is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Atlas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Match13 Sep 2042

Atlas make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Atlas have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad15 Sep 2042

José Luis Martín 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 Atlas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad15 Sep 2042

Alexander Meyer out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Alexander Meyer, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match13 Sep 2042

Oribe Vega the difference as Atlas beat Santos Laguna

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Oribe Vega. 2‑0 against Santos Laguna, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings15 Sep 2042

A masterclass from Oribe Vega

Marked 8.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad15 Sep 2042

Raylion Wilkerson 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.

In brief

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837 Edition

The Atlas Courier

11 Aug 2042
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad11 Aug 2042

A knee injury of the worst kind for Daniel Montes

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

Squad11 Aug 2042

Alexander Meyer says Atlas 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.

Squad11 Aug 2042

Oscar García keeps Atlas in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market11 Aug 2042

Atlas turn down Tijuana for Diego Romo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market11 Aug 2042

Lusiel Gómez has one foot out of the door

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

Market11 Aug 2042

Monterrey watching Juan Vega

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

Squad11 Aug 2042

Oscar García 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 Atlas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match9 Aug 2042

Leon take the points off Atlas

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market11 Aug 2042

The Oribe Vega conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Dorados will make the call about Oribe Vega this week. Atlas have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

In brief

  • Player ratings Juan Vega runs at them all day
  • Boardroom The Atlas production line keeps running
  • Player ratings Oribe Vega ran the game
828 Edition

The Pumas UNAM Courier

9 Jun 2042
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad9 Jun 2042

Cristian Inda breaks a bone — 80 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 80 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market9 Jun 2042

Carlos Oximea 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 Pumas UNAM can pretend not to have heard.

Market9 Jun 2042

Chiapas come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Pumas UNAM did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad9 Jun 2042

Pehuén Magnano signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Pehuén Magnano and Pumas UNAM agree another 2 years.

Boardroom9 Jun 2042

Pumas UNAM to lose Alexander Meyer for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Alexander Meyer has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad9 Jun 2042

Tempers go at Pumas UNAM

Pehuén Magnano 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.

In brief