The Cruz Azul Gazette
Squad10 May 2038
Luka Romero 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 Cruz Azul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 May 2038
Richard Barrios is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cruz Azul is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad10 May 2038
Words at Cruz Azul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cyriaque Irié 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.
Squad10 May 2038
Emi Ochoa stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Emi Ochoa and Cruz Azul agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 May 2038
When it matters, Cyriaque Irié plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market10 May 2038
Jeremy Márquez linked with a move away
The name of Jeremy Márquez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cruz Azul say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Cruz Azul and Ian Olvera
- Boardroom Cruz Azul keep producing them