The Salto Herald
Squad12 Feb 2029
Ernesto Ocampo damages knee ligaments — 27 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 27 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.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Brandon Farías: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Salto have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Salto lose Ignacio Rodríguez
56 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A falling-out at Salto
Ignacio Rodríguez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A move Ivan Sanchez would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Ivan Sanchez is living that version at Salto, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Salto
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match10 Feb 2029
Salto cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market12 Feb 2029
Jorge Sanchez steps up from the Salto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jorge Sanchez 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
One of our own: Franco Lopez joins the Salto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Franco Lopez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Lucas Cardozo joins the Salto first team
- Market Salto promote Agustin Garcia from within
- The dugout Thiago Amaral gets it from the manager