The Veracruz Courier
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Victor Lainez out for 110 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Veracruz will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market8 Feb 2027
Gabriel Reyes 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 The request is on a desk at Veracruz, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market8 Feb 2027
Jorge Herrera is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Veracruz is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Veracruz
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Veracruz are no longer polite ones.
Market8 Feb 2027
So close: Ivan Ramirez’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Puebla moved on, Ivan Ramirez reports back to Veracruz, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Victor Lainez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Lainez commits to Veracruz for another 2 years.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gabriel Reyes 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 Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Veracruz rebuffed over Andrés Micolta
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pachuca have kept their man, and Veracruz go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Luis Manuel García stays at Toluca as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Veracruz will try again when the window opens; Toluca may not be selling by then.
In brief
- Match Pumas UNAM take the points off Veracruz
- Squad Jero falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nahuel Mela