The Independiente Herald
Squad3 Jan 2028
A fracture rules Enzo Russo out for 30 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Independiente will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The season belongs to Ignacio Maestro Puch
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Independiente have had the benefit of it.
Market3 Jan 2028
Independiente say no — this time
The offer from Mirassol for Leonel Galván was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market3 Jan 2028
Felipe Loyola wants more than Independiente are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Ignacio Maestro Puch stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Maestro Puch and Independiente agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Rodrigo Rey 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 Independiente this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Market A season away well spent by Franco Paredes
- Market Hapoel Acre join the queue for Santiago López