The Club America Post
Market19 Nov 2035
Lucas Besozzi is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Club America is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout19 Nov 2035
Gerardo Edson says Club America 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.
Market19 Nov 2035
Matías Schulz wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
The dugout19 Nov 2035
No hiding place for Daniel Jebbison
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Jebbison, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead19 Nov 2035
Derby week at Club America
Guadalajara next, which means a week that starts on Monday. Everything else on this page will be forgotten by Saturday; this fixture will not be forgotten for a year.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Bernardo Parra 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.
Squad19 Nov 2035
Tempers go at Club America
Icaro 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 Nov 2035
Bernardo Parra back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Club America has worked with Bernardo Parra before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
The dugout19 Nov 2035
Renzo Malanca has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Club America 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.
In brief
- Market The Pedro Vite question follows Club America around
- Looking ahead Brian Gutiérrez goes back to face Guadalajara
- Market Still no signature from Lucas Besozzi