The Los Halcones Sentinel
Market31 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Sebastián Bonilla
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sebastián Bonilla will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Los Halcones the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Sebastián Bonilla signs for Salus while still at Los Halcones
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Sebastián Bonilla has agreed terms with Salus for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Santiago Curbelo 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 Los Halcones this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Inti Bayarres signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Inti Bayarres and Los Halcones agree another 3 years.
Market31 Jul 2028
One of our own: Jonathan Caceres joins the Los Halcones first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Caceres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market31 Jul 2028
Rodrigo Alvarez steps up from the Los Halcones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodrigo Alvarez 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.
Market31 Jul 2028
Los Halcones promote Lucas Gonzalez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Gonzalez 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.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
The borrowing at Los Halcones reaches $5.6M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $5.6M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Enzo Saggia
“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.
In brief
- Squad Los Halcones are still strangers to each other
- Squad Inti Bayarres is a square peg at Los Halcones
- The dugout Juan Pablo Paz knocks on the manager’s door