The Uruguay Montevideo Courier
Squad14 Sep 2026
The knee: Fausto Rivero out for 41 days
41 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Uruguay Montevideo lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market14 Sep 2026
Cristian Lima is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Uruguay Montevideo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Uruguay Montevideo to lose Gianluca López for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Gianluca López has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market14 Sep 2026
Facundo Lopez steps up from the Uruguay Montevideo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Lopez 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 Sep 2026
One of our own: Brian Olivera joins the Uruguay Montevideo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brian Olivera 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 Uruguay Montevideo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Olavarría 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Facundo Silvestre knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Uruguay Montevideo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Agustín Pons gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Agustín Pons is on it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Still no ink between Uruguay Montevideo and Gianluca López
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Uruguay Montevideo, another week without a signature from Gianluca López.
In brief
- Squad Francisco Martinicorena has settled at Uruguay Montevideo
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Juan Álvarez