The Universitario Gazette
Squad18 Oct 2027
Martín Pérez Guedes damages knee ligaments — 125 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 125 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Yuriel Celi says Universitario 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.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Andy Polo frozen out at Universitario
This is not rotation. Andy Polo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Universitario is pretending otherwise.
Market18 Oct 2027
Alejandro Ramos has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Universitario can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Universitario
Yuriel Celi 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 dugout18 Oct 2027
Williams Riveros gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Federico Girotti plays
- Market The Diego Romero question follows Universitario around
- Squad Raul Mora is fit again