The Fénix Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Fénix turn down Gudja United for Francisco Macri
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Fénix
Marcos Jara 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Facundo Romeo will join Fénix for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Facundo Romeo has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Fénix have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Marcos Jara
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eduardo Costa steps up from the Fénix academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduardo Costa 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: Felipe Flores joins the Fénix first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe Flores 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
Fénix promote Pablo Benítez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pablo Benítez 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Fénix against Real Pilar
0‑1 to Real Pilar, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Fénix
19 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad Nicolás Velazco remains an outsider
- Squad A wage question at Fénix