The San Miguel Gazette
The terraces25 Dec 2028
The mood at San Miguel 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.
Boardroom25 Dec 2028
The scrutiny sharpens at San Miguel
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at San Miguel is running low.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Joaquín Russo breaks a bone — 39 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market25 Dec 2028
Emiliano Larrouy asks to leave San Miguel
“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.
Transfer targets25 Dec 2028
The paperwork begins on Nahuel Curcio
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. San Miguel have done the hard part with Colón, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Martín Guzmán 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 San Miguel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout25 Dec 2028
Tano frozen out at San Miguel
This is not rotation. Tano has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at San Miguel is pretending otherwise.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Words at San Miguel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tiago Gordillo 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.
The dugout25 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Tiago Gordillo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad André Monteiro signs on for more
- The dugout When it matters, Tiago Gordillo plays
- The dugout Martín Guzmán knocks on the manager’s door