The Deportivo Maldonado Herald
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
Franco García scores twice — 8.60
Two goals and a mark of 8.60 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market14 Feb 2028
Luciano Aberasteguy 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 Deportivo Maldonado can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Feb 2028
Juan Martín Pirota is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Deportivo Maldonado is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Deportivo Maldonado
Santiago Ramírez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Deportivo Maldonado
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Santiago Cartagena 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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Door shut on Inti López
Deportivo Maldonado asked and River Plate said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market14 Feb 2028
Deportivo Maldonado promote Thiago Hernandez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Hernandez 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Ignacio Morales joins the Deportivo Maldonado first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Morales is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets David Stabile stays at Liverpool Montevideo as time runs out
- Boardroom A promise the Deportivo Maldonado board did not keep
- Squad Brian Fernández signs on for more