The River Plate Gazette
Squad12 Jan 2032
A knee injury of the worst kind for Felipe Chiappini
131 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. River Plate lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad12 Jan 2032
A falling-out at River Plate
Martín Coirolo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom12 Jan 2032
River Plate agree a free transfer for Agustín Storniolo
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets12 Jan 2032
Door shut on Franco Jaroszewicz
River Plate asked and Estudiantes said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Jan 2032
A row about effort at River Plate
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leonardo Olavarría was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad12 Jan 2032
River Plate lose Brian Lapaz
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market12 Jan 2032
Talks stall between River Plate and Martín Coirolo
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market12 Jan 2032
River Plate buy the years ahead of Roberto Sánchez
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
The dugout12 Jan 2032
When it matters, Manuel Severich plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- The dugout Manuel Severich knocks on the manager's door
- Market Fabricio Aguirre is free to find somewhere else
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Theo Pizzella