The Veracruz Courier
Market26 Jul 2027
José Mauri 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 The request is on a desk at Veracruz, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad26 Jul 2027
7 saves: Hirving Arteaga was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
$1.1M settles it between the clubs for Jesús Corona
Monterrey have accepted the money. What Veracruz do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Jesús Isijara keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Veracruz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Vintage Hugo Reyes — 8.01
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.01, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market26 Jul 2027
Queretaro come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Veracruz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market26 Jul 2027
Israel Luna is a Veracruz player
The fee is $390.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Pumas UNAM drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Veracruz
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Richie Laryea 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Luis Manuel García
- Market One of our own: Ivan Ramirez joins the Veracruz first team
- Squad Words at Veracruz training over how hard people work