The Deportivo Merlo Herald
Squad7 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Raúl Castillo
24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportivo Merlo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Killian Sueldo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Deportivo Merlo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Deportivo Merlo
Agustín Velasco and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Deportivo Merlo
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match5 Feb 2028
A bad afternoon for Deportivo Merlo against Brown de Adrogué
0‑2 to Brown de Adrogué, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market7 Feb 2028
Deportivo Merlo promote José Vázquez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. José Vázquez 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
José Luis Sosa steps up from the Deportivo Merlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Luis Sosa 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: Chori joins the Deportivo Merlo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chori is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
Deportivo Merlo promote Bruno Varela from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bruno Varela 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
- The dugout Dmitry Pereverzev: “No excuses”
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Franco Herrera
- Boardroom Belts tighten at Deportivo Merlo