The New York City Post
Market16 Nov 2026
Tomás Romero is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at New York City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at New York City
Matt Freese 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Nicolás Fernández Mercau falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Alonso Martínez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at New York City will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Tomás Romero gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Thiago asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market16 Nov 2026
Talles Magno placed on the list
New York City have made Talles Magno available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Nicolás Fernández Mercau story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nicolás Fernández Mercau signs something — a contract at New York City or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Maxi Moralez has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Maxi Moralez has written the date down.
In brief
- Squad Matt Freese is the talk of the training ground
- Squad Dylan Bradley is fit again