The Unión de Santa Fe Courier
Market19 Feb 2029
Only the photograph left for Thiago Cardozo
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Thiago Cardozo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Unión de Santa Fe the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market19 Feb 2029
José Vanetta hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Unión de Santa Fe can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Juan Pablo Ludueña has agreed to leave Unión de Santa Fe for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Unión de Santa Fe
Thiago Cardozo 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.
The dugout19 Feb 2029
Santiago Grella frozen out at Unión de Santa Fe
This is not rotation. Santiago Grella has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Unión de Santa Fe is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom19 Feb 2029
Nicolás Baigorria will join Unión de Santa Fe for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Nicolás Baigorria has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Unión de Santa Fe have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets19 Feb 2029
Door shut on Jeremías Merlo
Unión de Santa Fe asked and River Plate said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match17 Feb 2029
A bad afternoon for Unión de Santa Fe against Newell's Old Boys
0‑2 to Newell's Old Boys, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Unión de Santa Fe lose Facundo Costa
18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Squad Lionel Verde reaches 100 appearances
- The dugout Marcelo Estigarribia gets it from the manager
- Squad A row about effort at Unión de Santa Fe