The Canadian Post
Squad2 Sep 2030
Luciano Sotelo 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 Canadian this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Sep 2030
Nicolás Ayala signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nicolás Ayala and Canadian agree another 2 years.
Boardroom2 Sep 2030
The owner puts $170.9K into Canadian
This is money that keeps the lights on rather than money that buys a centre-half, and the difference is the whole story. A club funded by its owner rather than by its football has exactly one conversation left ahead of it.
The dugout2 Sep 2030
The manager makes an example of Joaquín Sánchez
“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.
Boardroom2 Sep 2030
Canadian cannot sign anybody
The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.
Market2 Sep 2030
Canadian and Nicolás Ferreyra are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- The dugout Rodrigo Mazur knocks on the manager's door
- Market Rodrigo Mazur runs his contract down
- Squad The penny has dropped for Mathias Pereira
- Squad Facundo Caceres is fit again