Marked for Marcelo Ramirez
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market9 Nov 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Villa Teresa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Alexis Coman 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Marcelo Ramirez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Villa Teresa will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Back issues
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Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
Carlos Coates hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Villa Teresa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Villa Teresa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel De Arrascaeta 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lucas Perez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Marcelo Ramirez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Villa Teresa will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Carlos Coates knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Villa Teresa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market14 Sep 2026
Carlos Coates hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Villa Teresa can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Sep 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sebastian Pellistri 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Ramirez 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.
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Triumph
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A debut Marcelo Ramirez will not forget — 8.02
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 8.02 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Santiago de Gregorio has, at Villa Teresa, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Sebastián Gutiérrez delivers — 7.92
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Sebastián Gutiérrez scored, was marked 7.92, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Market17 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market17 Aug 2026
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sergio Montero and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Lucão has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Villa Teresa have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
He is 14 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.