The San Miguel Gazette
Squad12 Oct 2026
119 days out for Daniel Sappa after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. San Miguel will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Daniel Sappa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at San Miguel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Oct 2026
Pipo steps up from the San Miguel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pipo 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
Diego Castillo steps up from the San Miguel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Castillo 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Tomás Jerez 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at San Miguel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Desimone 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.
In brief
- Market The Peter Grance Martínez talk will not go away
- The dugout Alexis Cruz knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Damián Adín has seen what the next man earns
- The dugout The manager comes out for Damián Adín