The Deportivo Merlo Herald
Squad5 Feb 2029
4 goals for Rodrigo Hernández
The match ball belongs to Rodrigo Hernández, whose 4 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match3 Feb 2029
Deportivo Merlo tear Villa San Carlos apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Villa San Carlos, and it could have been more.
Market5 Feb 2029
Cristian Colmán has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Deportivo Merlo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market5 Feb 2029
As if he never left: Liam Castro returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Liam Castro is a Deportivo Merlo player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Deportivo Merlo
Tomás Figueroa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
A masterclass from Rodrigo Hernández
Marked 9.84 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Deportivo Merlo
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets5 Feb 2029
Argentinos Juniors tell Deportivo Merlo: Thiago Berterame is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market5 Feb 2029
Benjamín Miranda steps up from the Deportivo Merlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamín Miranda 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.
In brief
- Market Deportivo Merlo promote Turco from within
- Boardroom Deportivo Merlo board go back on their word
- Squad This league is too small for Liam Castro