The Deportivo Santani Chronicle
Squad9 Nov 2026
A move Gustavo Herrero 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. Gustavo Herrero is living that version at Deportivo Santani, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Deportivo Santani
Marcelo González was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Deportivo Santani
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bruno López was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market9 Nov 2026
Deportivo Santani promote Gustavo Acosta from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Acosta 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
Deportivo Santani promote Roberto Cubas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Roberto Cubas 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Gustavo Herrero is a square peg at Deportivo Santani
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- The dugout Armando Bernaola is still paying for one afternoon at Deportivo Santani
- The dugout Marcelo González has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Franco Di Santo knocks on the manager's door
- Market Deportivo Santani and Gustavo Herrero are talking past each other