The Platense Sentinel
Market10 Jan 2028
Platense say no — this time
The offer from Olimpia for Ignacio Vázquez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A move Franco Almanza would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Franco Almanza is living that version at Platense, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Platense
Franco Zapiola 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words at Platense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Saborido 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 targets10 Jan 2028
Criciuma tell Platense: Kauã 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.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Juan Saborido
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Jan 2028
Raúl Vega steps up from the Platense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Raúl Vega 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Noah Bruno joins the Platense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Noah Bruno is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Pablo Romano joins the Platense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Romano is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Ivo Visona signs on for more
- The dugout Bruno Sepúlveda gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Maximiliano Amarfil knocks on the manager's door