Ivan Lopez

Left Forward - Guarani
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Marked for Ivan Lopez

495 Edition

The Guarani Post

21 Jan 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market21 Jan 2036

Only the photograph left for Freddy Noguera

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Freddy Noguera will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Guarani the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad21 Jan 2036

A falling-out at Guarani

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

Squad21 Jan 2036

Words at Guarani training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Franco Alfonso 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.

Squad21 Jan 2036

Ivan Lopez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Lopez and Guarani agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout21 Jan 2036

When it matters, Franco Alfonso 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.

Market21 Jan 2036

The Manuel Roffo story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Manuel Roffo signs something — a contract at Guarani or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market21 Jan 2036

Ignacio Gutiérrez placed on the list

Guarani have made Ignacio Gutiérrez available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market21 Jan 2036

Juan Salcedo runs his contract down

6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guarani money.

Squad21 Jan 2036

Diego Martinez wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Guarani will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

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The Guarani Post

14 Jan 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market14 Jan 2036

Freddy Noguera 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 Guarani can pretend not to have heard.

Market14 Jan 2036

Terms done: Ivan Lopez is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Pastoreo waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Guarani is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market14 Jan 2036

Guarani turn down Pastoreo for Angel Gamarra

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad14 Jan 2036

Words exchanged at Guarani

Franco Alfonso 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.

Market14 Jan 2036

The Resistencia deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Santiago Barrios reports back to Guarani with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad14 Jan 2036

Words at Guarani training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan David Ríos 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 dugout14 Jan 2036

Isaac Auzmendi has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Guarani 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 dugout14 Jan 2036

The manager makes an example of Jorge Lopez

“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.

The dugout14 Jan 2036

Gustavo Vargas knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Guarani, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief