The Cerrito Post
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Hugo Espínola: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cerrito have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Feb 2029
Cristian González is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cerrito is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Cristian González has agreed to leave Cerrito 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Cerrito
Francisco Casanova 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.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cerrito
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Cerrito training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Viera 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.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Penarol tell Cerrito: Franco Mederos is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market12 Feb 2029
Kevin Cabrera steps up from the Cerrito academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin Cabrera 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 Feb 2029
One of our own: Ivan Lopez joins the Cerrito first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Lopez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Joaquin De Arrascaeta steps up from the Cerrito academy
- Squad Camilo Cuello stays put
- Match Cerrito hit back inside 3 minutes