The Iquique Gazette
Squad20 Dec 2027
Agustín Venezia 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 Iquique this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Diego Orellana falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets20 Dec 2027
São Paulo tell Iquique: Thiago Couto is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market20 Dec 2027
Everton de Viña del Mar watching Daniel Castillo
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Iquique have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market20 Dec 2027
Iquique promote Ivan Isla from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Isla has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market20 Dec 2027
Iquique promote Benjamin Meneses from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Meneses has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market20 Dec 2027
Iquique promote Rodrigo Medel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rodrigo Medel has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Transfer targets20 Dec 2027
A loan move for Daniel Fuzato is in the works
Iquique have made the call to Bragantino. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets20 Dec 2027
Iquique ask about Valente Pierani
A loan enquiry to Boca Juniors: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Lucas Marcotti
- The dugout Alonso López has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Álvaro Ramos has been promised minutes