The Cruz Azul Gazette
Match22 Jul 2028
The wait goes on for Cruz Azul
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Alexis Martin: 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.” Cruz Azul have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Cruz Azul bid $870.0K for Alán Bautista
The offer went to Monterrey this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Santiago Pierotti is a medical away from Cruz Azul
The deal with Avellino is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Cruz Azul baulk at the price for Edison Gruezo
Monterrey wanted more than $630.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Cruz Azul
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market24 Jul 2028
Luis Alberto Cárdenas moves on
Tigres pay $120.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Door shut on Patson Daka
Cruz Azul asked and Leicester City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market24 Jul 2028
Cruz Azul promote Carlos Gutierrez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Gutierrez 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.
In brief
- Market Rodolfo Gutierrez steps up from the Cruz Azul academy
- Market Cruz Azul promote Hugo Ramirez from within
- Match Tijuana take the points off Cruz Azul