The Alto Peru Chronicle
Boardroom4 Aug 2031
Interim Coach has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Alto Peru can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market4 Aug 2031
Tiago Oliveira puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Alto Peru, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Aug 2031
Tempers go at Alto Peru
Martín Pereyra was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Aug 2031
Julián Rossi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Julián Rossi and Alto Peru agree another 4 years.
Market4 Aug 2031
Jonathan Lopez steps up from the Alto Peru academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan 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.
Market4 Aug 2031
Cristian Ferreira steps up from the Alto Peru academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristian Ferreira 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.
Market4 Aug 2031
One of our own: Marcelo Torres joins the Alto Peru first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcelo Torres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad4 Aug 2031
A row about effort at Alto Peru
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kevin Gadea was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout4 Aug 2031
The manager has not finished forgetting Martin Varela's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- Boardroom Alto Peru can only buy what they sell
- Squad Salomon Murillo is a square peg at Alto Peru
- The dugout Kevin Gadea without the man who signed him