John Wright

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
12 Sep 2038
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553 Edition

The CF Montreal Gazette

2 Mar 2037
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

CF Montreal spell it out for Interim Coach

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Boardroom

The CF Montreal board call everybody in

Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.

Squad

Tyler Reyna breaks a bone — 37 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Aaron Musah says CF Montreal went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tomás Sultani signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomás Sultani commits to CF Montreal for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at CF Montreal

Wikelman Carmona 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.

Boardroom

Graduation day at CF Montreal

13 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Market

Mark Reyna steps up from the CF Montreal academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Reyna 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.

Market

One of our own: Adam Robinson joins the CF Montreal first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Robinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief