The Juan Aurich Courier
Squad8 Jan 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Juan Morales
147 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Juan Aurich lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces8 Jan 2029
The mood at Juan Aurich 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.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
The scrutiny sharpens at Juan Aurich
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Juan Aurich is running low.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Juan Aurich spell it out for Interim Coach
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Market8 Jan 2029
Alan Cantero has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Juan Aurich they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market8 Jan 2029
Blas Cattaneo asks to leave Juan Aurich
“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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Javier Bustillos: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Words at Juan Aurich training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alan Cantero 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Daniel Ramirez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Ramirez commits to Juan Aurich for another 3 years.
In brief
- Market Juan Aurich and Martín Corda are talking past each other
- Market The clock does Bryan Canela’s negotiating for him
- Boardroom Juan Aurich were not finished after all