The Platense Sentinel
Market31 Jan 2028
Fabricio Leal asks to leave Platense
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Anthony Souza out for 66 days
The medical room confirms 66 days on the sidelines for Anthony Souza, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Anthony Souza 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 Platense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Francisco Montero frozen out at Platense
This is not rotation. Francisco Montero has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Platense is pretending otherwise.
Squad31 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Platense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nicolás Suárez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom31 Jan 2028
Wages swallow 126% of the Platense income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured at Platense
- The dugout Mathias Suarez asks for a word with the manager
- Market Platense put Luis Castro up for sale
- Squad Germán Cardozo is out on the grass again