Tecla

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Defensa y Justicia U20
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Marked for Tecla

332 Edition

The Defensa y Justicia Post

6 Dec 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad6 Dec 2032

The knee: Tecla out for 17 days

17 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Defensa y Justicia lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout6 Dec 2032

Favio Cabral says Defensa y Justicia went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market6 Dec 2032

Juan Pucheta puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Defensa y Justicia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market6 Dec 2032

Leonel Ortíz has said yes to Flandria

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Defensa y Justicia have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets6 Dec 2032

Fee done, terms next for Dylan Salvo

Defensa y Justicia and Newell's Old Boys have settled on $1.1M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market6 Dec 2032

Brian Retamoso has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Defensa y Justicia they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

The dugout6 Dec 2032

Juan Pucheta frozen out at Defensa y Justicia

This is not rotation. Juan Pucheta has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Defensa y Justicia is pretending otherwise.

Boardroom6 Dec 2032

Defensa y Justicia go back to the board over Fabricio Chacón

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $387.8K — a club that wants Fabricio Chacón enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets6 Dec 2032

Defensa y Justicia rebuffed over Martín Soto

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Gimnasia La Plata have kept their man, and Defensa y Justicia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

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331 Edition

The Defensa y Justicia Post

29 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad29 Nov 2032

The knee: Tecla out for 24 days

24 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Defensa y Justicia lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market29 Nov 2032

Only the photograph left for Leonel Ortíz

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Leonel Ortíz will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Defensa y Justicia the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad29 Nov 2032

A falling-out at Defensa y Justicia

César Pérez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market29 Nov 2032

Gerardo Alegre Rojas is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Defensa y Justicia has been clear about where Gerardo Alegre Rojas stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout29 Nov 2032

No hiding place for Gabriel Menegon

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Menegon, and the manager let it.

Squad29 Nov 2032

A row about effort at Defensa y Justicia

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Esteban Kirkman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout29 Nov 2032

Agustín Acosta is still paying for one afternoon at Defensa y Justicia

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market29 Nov 2032

Lucas Román linked with a move away

The name of Lucas Román keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Defensa y Justicia say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout29 Nov 2032

Sebastián Corradi gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Sebastián Corradi is on it.

In brief