The Unionistas Post
Market10 Mar 2036
Luciano Martins is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Unionistas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market10 Mar 2036
Momodou Jobarteh puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Unionistas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom10 Mar 2036
Luciano Martins has agreed to leave Unionistas for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Mar 2036
Words exchanged at Unionistas
Juan Ibarrola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Mar 2036
A row about effort at Unionistas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristo Romero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Mar 2036
No hiding place for Javier Torres
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Javier Torres, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Mar 2036
Unionistas lose Raffaele D'Auria
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match8 Mar 2036
Unionistas caught on 87 minutes
The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Osasuna Promesas scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.
Market10 Mar 2036
Talks stall between Unionistas and Luciano Martins
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Unionistas on Daniel Thompson
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Unionistas
- Match Honours even between Unionistas and Osasuna Promesas