The Pastoreo Courier
Market7 Feb 2028
Diego Del Valle 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 Pastoreo can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Mauricio Cantero keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Pastoreo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets7 Feb 2028
Gianni Peirano turns down Pastoreo
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
7 academy players handed senior numbers at Pastoreo
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match5 Feb 2028
Pastoreo come up short against Tembetary
Tembetary left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Transfer targets7 Feb 2028
Door shut on José Estigarribia
Pastoreo asked and Libertad said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market7 Feb 2028
Pastoreo promote Adrian Valdez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adrian Valdez 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Juan Romero steps up from the Pastoreo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Romero 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Pablo Gimenez joins the Pastoreo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Gimenez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets Diego Ojeda stays at Independiente CG as time runs out
- Squad Words at Pastoreo training over how hard people work
- Squad Fernando Pineda gifts one