The Tigres Post
Market15 Jan 2029
So close: Ferney Rivadeneira’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Union Magdalena moved on, Ferney Rivadeneira reports back to Tigres, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Tigres
Nicolás Lara 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Ricardo Rosales 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Ivan Ramirez steps up from the Tigres academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Ramirez 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Tigres promote Sergio Hernandez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
One of our own: Nicolas Caicedo joins the Tigres first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Caicedo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Tigres are still strangers to each other
- Squad No place for Cristiano Gutiérrez in the new shape
- The dugout Ferney Rivadeneira has become a man the manager trusts