The Bella Italia Post
Squad15 Jan 2029
The knee: Diego Sena out for 24 days
24 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bella Italia lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market15 Jan 2029
Francisco Russo asks to leave Bella Italia
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match15 Jan 2029
Bella Italia are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 30 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market15 Jan 2029
Diego Sena is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bella Italia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Mauro García due for a Bella Italia medical
Everything agreed with Rentistas, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Bella Italia
Rodrigo Marín 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.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Door shut on Benjamín Borowik
Bella Italia asked and Nacional said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom15 Jan 2029
Bella Italia 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Jorge Ramirez out for 23 days
The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for Jorge Ramirez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Squad Bella Italia count the cost of losing Mauro Bonilla
- Boardroom Bella Italia are $10.1M in the red
- The dugout Christian Chabay gets it from the manager