The Recoleta Sentinel
Market15 Jan 2029
Ronald Borja agrees terms with River Plate
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Recoleta people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Squad15 Jan 2029
46 days out for Juan Pablo Martínez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Recoleta will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Recoleta agree $300.0K for Thomas Vergara
The clubs have shaken hands with Tacuary; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
An offer of $2.1M for Javier Domínguez
Recoleta have gone to Olimpia with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Martín Núñez is a medical away from Recoleta
The deal with Nacional is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market15 Jan 2029
Eyes on Alberto Montiel again
The phone has started ringing about Alberto Montiel again, and this time the name on the line is Guairena. Recoleta are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Lucas Romero 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 Recoleta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Door shut on Rodrigo Frutos
Recoleta asked and Nacional said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market15 Jan 2029
Recoleta promote Miguel Romero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Romero has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Recoleta promote Derlis Lopez from within
- Squad Words at Recoleta training over how hard people work
- The dugout Nelson Cáceres knocks on the manager’s door