The Mar de Fondo Chronicle
Market17 Jan 2028
Christian Chabay asks to leave Mar de Fondo
“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.
Market17 Jan 2028
Only the photograph left for Manuel Pellistri
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Manuel Pellistri will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Mar de Fondo the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at Mar de Fondo
Nicolas Ferreira and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Jan 2028
Belts tighten at Mar de Fondo
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
Emir Basabe 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 Emir Basabe trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market17 Jan 2028
Emir Basabe runs his contract down
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Mar de Fondo money.
In brief
- The dugout Gabriel Varela is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Damián Beisso keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Jonathan Perez back in training