The Tigres Post
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Luis Palacios
Successful dribbles: 38. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Rafael Garcia damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Freyler Mosquera out for 70 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Tigres will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Tigres
Nicolás Lara 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Tigres
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Nicolás Lara
“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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Miguel Muriel steps up from the Tigres academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Muriel 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Cristian Cuadrado joins the Tigres first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cristian Cuadrado is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Brian Murillo steps up from the Tigres academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brian Murillo 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Jean Carlos Meneses wants to come home
- Boardroom 93% of the income goes out in wages at Tigres
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Tigres