The Artigas Chronicle
Squad14 Dec 2026
Fabricio Santos damages knee ligaments — 85 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 85 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Diego López asks to leave Artigas
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Artigas make their move for Mateo Vista
$55.0K on the table at Cerrito. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Artigas
Braian Vargas 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.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Artigas rebuffed over Agustín Chopitea
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Colon have kept their man, and Artigas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Artigas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Francisco Sagardia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market14 Dec 2026
Joaquin Pereira steps up from the Artigas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joaquin Pereira 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Artigas promote Ignacio Gonzalez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Gonzalez 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Artigas are still strangers to each other
8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- Transfer targets Artigas try to borrow Juan Crisafi
- Market Still no ink between Artigas and Octavio Pereira
- The dugout When it matters, João Tribino plays