The River Plate Gazette
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
River Plate to lose Nicolás dos Santos for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Nicolás dos Santos has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nicolás Schiappacasse comes home
The shirt still fits. Nicolás Schiappacasse is back at River Plate, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alejandro García 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 River Plate this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for River Plate against Penarol
1‑2 to Penarol, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Yonatan Irrazábal
“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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Rodríguez was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kevin Martinez steps up from the River Plate academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin Martinez 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 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Coates joins the River Plate first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Coates is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
River Plate promote Thiago Silva from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Silva 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.
In brief
- Squad Nicolás Schiappacasse is a square peg at River Plate
- The dugout Miguel De Arrascaeta answers for it
- Squad Inti López, 20, is the weekend’s best young player