Marcelo Gimenez

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
27 Feb 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Marcelo Gimenez

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The Central Espanol Gazette

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Francisco López breaks a bone — 24 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 24 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Antofagasta come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Central Espanol did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Central Espanol

Ignacio Rodríguez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

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The Central Espanol Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Central Espanol turn down Stjarnan for Máximo Alonso

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Fernando Camarda 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 Central Espanol can pretend not to have heard.

The terraces

Central Espanol sell a favourite for $1.4M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Jonathan Dellarossa was one of the reasons people came, and $1.4M does not replace that by itself.

Market

Jonathan Dellarossa moves on

Pumas UNAM pay $1.4M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Máximo Alonso 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 Central Espanol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Central Espanol see off Rampla Juniors

Three points for Central Espanol, 2‑1 the final word against Rampla Juniors in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

Central Espanol supporters have found a favourite in Mariano Aguilera

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Mariano Aguilera has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Máximo Alonso at his very best

Marked 8.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Central Espanol.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Central Espanol

10 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

In brief