The La Luz Post
Squad26 Nov 2029
Alejandro Elduayen damages knee ligaments — 110 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 110 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market26 Nov 2029
Lucas Suárez 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 La Luz can pretend not to have heard.
Market26 Nov 2029
Francisco Martirena has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around La Luz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
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Squad26 Nov 2029
Words exchanged at La Luz
Bruno Scorza and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Words at La Luz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felipe Fernández is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
The manager makes an example of Germán Peralta
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
Bruno Scorza knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at La Luz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
A promise honoured at La Luz
Something was said to Daniel Sanchez and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
In brief
- Market The clock does Francisco Martirena’s negotiating for him
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at La Luz
- Squad Diego Vicente back in training