The Vélez Gazette
Squad10 Jan 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Michael Santos
117 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Vélez lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Ignacio Vittar breaks a bone — 31 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 31 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at Vélez
Fabrizio Sartori 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words at Vélez training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cristian Romero 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Sebastián López joins the Vélez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sebastián López is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
Alejandro Peralta steps up from the Vélez academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Peralta 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Juan Carlos Herrera joins the Vélez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Carlos Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Nicolás Sánchez joins the Vélez first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolás Sánchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Gustavo Calderari
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gustavo Calderari, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Thiago Silvero asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout When it matters, Mirko Bruno plays
- Boardroom The Vélez academy earns its keep