The Tacuarembo Courier
Squad2 Aug 2027
Anderson Brum damages knee ligaments — 45 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 45 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Santiago Vargas keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tacuarembo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Tacuarembo
Martín Marta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Tacuarembo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álvaro San Emeterio is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Alvarado tell Tacuarembo: Rodrigo Fernández is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market2 Aug 2027
Mathias Gimenez steps up from the Tacuarembo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mathias Gimenez 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Tacuarembo promote Jorge Morales from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Morales 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Manuel Morales joins the Tacuarembo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Manuel Morales is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
Pablo Fernandez steps up from the Tacuarembo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Fernandez 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Manuel Núñez
- Squad A step back for Ezequiel Silveira at Tacuarembo
- The dugout Néstor Álvarez gets picked when it counts