The Liverpool Montevideo Chronicle
Market15 Feb 2027
Rafael Hornos agrees terms with Colon
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Liverpool Montevideo people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Santiago Coronel: 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.” Liverpool Montevideo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Matías Pérez turns down Liverpool Montevideo
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Racing Club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Nicolás Garayalde in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Liverpool Montevideo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Liverpool Montevideo
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.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Door shut on Cecilio Waterman
Liverpool Montevideo asked and Fenix said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Jean Pierre Rosso
“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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Liverpool Montevideo promote Sergio Pellistri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Pellistri 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Diego Olivera joins the Liverpool Montevideo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Olivera 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 One of our own: Ignacio Cabrera joins the Liverpool Montevideo first team
- Match Federico Martínez sends Liverpool Montevideo past Miramar Misiones
- Squad Diego Romero falls out with a teammate over standards