The Real Pilar Courier
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
$2.2M settles it between the clubs for Gastón Verón
Argentinos Juniors have accepted the money. What Real Pilar do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Market11 Jan 2027
Darío Leguiza hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Real Pilar can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Mariano Puch: 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.” Real Pilar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Too dear: Real Pilar walk away from Vittorio Fenocchio
$1.1M was the most the club would pay and Sportivo Italiano were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Real Pilar
Daniel González and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Real Pilar rebuffed over Luis Guillén
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Acassuso have kept their man, and Real Pilar go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market11 Jan 2027
Real Pilar promote Emiliano Rojas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emiliano Rojas 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Franco Aguirre steps up from the Real Pilar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Aguirre 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Real Pilar promote Facundo Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Facundo Herrera 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
- Squad Danilo Monza stays put
- The dugout When it matters, Kevin González plays
- Squad This league is too small for Santino Sottocorno