The UTC Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Piero Serra
31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. UTC lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Raul Abram joins the UTC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Raul Abram is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Andre Pena joins the UTC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andre Pena is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at UTC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean Deza is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Adolfo Muñoz story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Adolfo Muñoz signs something — a contract at UTC or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Michel Rasmussen has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at UTC 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.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Di Stefano Castillo in it
- Squad Word from the training ground: David Camacho
- The dugout The manager comes out for Michel Rasmussen
- Squad Welcome back, Ignacio Barrios