Facundo Torres

Central Defender - Almirante Brown
24 Apr 2029
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Marked for Facundo Torres

140 Edition

The Almirante Brown Gazette

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market2 Apr 2029

Santiago Vera hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Almirante Brown can pretend not to have heard.

Squad2 Apr 2029

A falling-out at Almirante Brown

Santiago Vera and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Words at Almirante Brown training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramón González 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.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Home is on Prince Osei's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Almirante Brown are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad2 Apr 2029

A place in the month's best eleven for Enzo Cardozo

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Enzo Cardozo has come out of that comparison in the side, and Almirante Brown have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

Market2 Apr 2029

The Javier Martínez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Almirante Brown know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

When it matters, Hernán Varela 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.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

Alejo Frola knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alejo Frola trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market2 Apr 2029

The shop window has Facundo Torres in it

Almirante Brown have let the market know Facundo Torres can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

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79 Edition

The Almirante Brown Gazette

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market31 Jan 2028

Santiago Vera asks to leave Almirante Brown

“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.

Market31 Jan 2028

Bari come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Almirante Brown did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market31 Jan 2028

Gonzalo Flores has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Almirante Brown they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Almirante Brown

Santiago Vera 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.

Boardroom31 Jan 2028

The numbers do not look good at Almirante Brown

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Vlad Băluţoiu wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Almirante Brown know it.

Market31 Jan 2028

The ambition of Facundo Torres outgrows Almirante Brown early

Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Facundo Torres stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Facundo Torres and Almirante Brown agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Javier Martínez knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Javier Martínez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief