Sergio Solís

Defensive Midfielder - Zamora
20 Aug 2034
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420 Edition

The Zamora Sentinel

14 Aug 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets14 Aug 2034

Lucas Quimbo due for a Zamora medical

Everything agreed with Ponferradina, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad14 Aug 2034

Tempers go at Zamora

Benedikt Gimber 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.

Transfer targets14 Aug 2034

Door shut on Rocco Pasquale

Zamora asked and Mirandés said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad14 Aug 2034

A row about effort at Zamora

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Isaac Maben was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market14 Aug 2034

CE Europa join the queue for Antonio Castillo

Add another name to the list: CE Europa have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Antonio Castillo. The answer from Zamora has not changed — yet.

The dugout14 Aug 2034

Adrián Salguero asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market14 Aug 2034

Talks stall between Zamora and Cristian Martín

“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.

Squad14 Aug 2034

“I want to play”: Cristian Martín speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

The dugout14 Aug 2034

No hiding place for Antonio Castillo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio Castillo, and the manager let it.

In brief

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411 Edition

The Zamora Sentinel

12 Jun 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Jun 2034

Wesley Zahibo breaks a bone — 48 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 48 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market12 Jun 2034

Jaydon Jones puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zamora, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2034

The paperwork begins on Daniil Yurchenko

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Zamora have done the hard part with Las Palmas, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad12 Jun 2034

Words exchanged at Zamora

Matías Espíndola and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market12 Jun 2034

Business is business: Eduard Duţu goes

Unionistas paid $42.0K and Zamora took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2034

Zamora rebuffed over Yannick Mertens

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zaragoza have kept their man, and Zamora go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad12 Jun 2034

Words at Zamora training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Isaac Maben 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.

The dugout12 Jun 2034

Wesley Zahibo is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2034

Zamora try to borrow James Price

Gimnàstic have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

410 Edition

The Zamora Sentinel

5 Jun 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Jun 2034

55 days out for Wesley Zahibo after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Zamora will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market5 Jun 2034

Unai Dufur 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 Zamora can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout5 Jun 2034

Sergio Solís keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zamora may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad5 Jun 2034

Valentin Bondarenko out for 74 days

The medical room confirms 74 days on the sidelines for Valentin Bondarenko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2034

Rocco Pasquale due for a Zamora medical

Everything agreed with Mirandés, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad5 Jun 2034

Tempers go at Zamora

Matías Espíndola 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.

Squad5 Jun 2034

Benedikt Gimber falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2034

Door shut on Jano Monserrate

Zamora asked and Sevilla said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market5 Jun 2034

The Eduard Duţu conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Unionistas will make the call about Eduard Duţu this week. Zamora have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

In brief

365 Edition

The Zamora Sentinel

25 Jul 2033
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market25 Jul 2033

Mats Hammerich 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 Zamora can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets25 Jul 2033

Martín Suárez is a medical away from Zamora

The deal with Athletic Bilbao is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets25 Jul 2033

An offer of $100.0K for Álex Blesa

Zamora have gone to Córdoba with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad25 Jul 2033

Words exchanged at Zamora

Wesley Zahibo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad25 Jul 2033

Benedikt Gimber falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets25 Jul 2033

Zamora rebuffed over Ángel Ortiz

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Barcelona have kept their man, and Zamora go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad25 Jul 2033

Too much change too quickly at Zamora

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad25 Jul 2033

Álvaro Santana signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Álvaro Santana commits to Zamora for another 3 years.

The dugout25 Jul 2033

Tiago Veiga knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tiago Veiga trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

357 Edition

The Zamora Sentinel

30 May 2033
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad30 May 2033

A move Tomás Fernández 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. Tomás Fernández is living that version at Zamora, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad30 May 2033

A row about effort at Zamora

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Benedikt Gimber was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad30 May 2033

A falling-out at Zamora

Hédy Bechar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad30 May 2033

Zamora lose David Prieto

16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout30 May 2033

Sebastián Aguirre knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Sebastián Aguirre trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout30 May 2033

The manager makes an example of Nazar Yurchenko

“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.

Market30 May 2033

The Valentin Bondarenko talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Zamora know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout30 May 2033

Sergio Solís has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Zamora will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout30 May 2033

A door opens for Hédy Bechar

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief