The Uruguay Montevideo Courier
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Rodrigo Muníz says Uruguay Montevideo went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market11 Jan 2027
Uruguay Montevideo turn down Artigas for Francisco Martinicorena
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Uruguay Montevideo
Cristian Lima 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.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Uruguay Montevideo rebuffed over Federico Bonilla
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nacional have kept their man, and Uruguay Montevideo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Uruguay Montevideo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luciano Minhondo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Gianluca López gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- The dugout Benjamín Ilama asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Questions about Facundo Silvestre on the training pitch
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Cristian Lima
- Squad Ignacio Jimenez is out on the grass again