The Deportivo Merlo Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Deportivo Merlo
Lautaro Coria and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Lautaro Napolitano will join Deportivo Merlo for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Lautaro Napolitano has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Deportivo Merlo have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Cristian Cuenca
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jorge Lucero steps up from the Deportivo Merlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jorge Lucero has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nicolás Alonso joins the Deportivo Merlo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolás Alonso is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Deportivo Merlo promote Mateo Bianchi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo Bianchi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Enzo Figueroa joins the Deportivo Merlo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Enzo Figueroa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Liniers take the points off Deportivo Merlo
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Lautaro Coria
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Deportivo Merlo will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- The dugout Tomás Iglesias faces the questions
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Osmar Leguizamón
- Looking ahead Franco Benítez faces his old club