The Azuriz Chronicle
Squad6 Sep 2027
At 19, Miguel Caldas is already the best thing here
An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Azuriz have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Kaynan due for a Azuriz medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Germán Gutiérrez stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Germán Gutiérrez and Azuriz agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Azuriz
Gabriel Davis 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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Benjamín Pizarro will join Azuriz for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Benjamín Pizarro has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Azuriz have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Xavier 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
Still no ink between Azuriz and Renan Oliveira
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Azuriz, another week without a signature from Renan Oliveira.
The dugout6 Sep 2027
No hiding place for Luís Fernando
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luís Fernando, and the manager let it.
Market6 Sep 2027
Azuriz bring in an old head
Matías Maidana is 40 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
In brief
- Market The Jhon Flor question follows Azuriz around
- Market Azuriz add cover with Ignacio Bednarek
- The dugout A door opens for Marcílio Silva