The Union La Calera Gazette
Market12 Jun 2028
Terms done: Nelson Espinoza is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and San Luis waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Union La Calera is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market12 Jun 2028
Franco Lobos asks to leave Union La Calera
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Union La Calera
Enzo Cardozo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
Juan Pablo Salomoni frozen out at Union La Calera
This is not rotation. Juan Pablo Salomoni has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Union La Calera is pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Union La Calera rebuffed over Nicolás Franco
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Universidad de Chile have kept their man, and Union La Calera go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Ignacio Mesías
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ignacio Mesías, and the manager let it.
Match10 Jun 2028
Santiago Wanderers take the points off Union La Calera
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Union La Calera lose Daniel Sagal
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A row about effort at Union La Calera
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Camilo Moya was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Transfer targets Union La Calera ask about Miguel Acosta
- Transfer targets A loan move for Tomás Aranda is in the works