The Güemes Post
The dugout24 Jan 2033
Agustín Cabrera says Güemes 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.
Squad24 Jan 2033
Tempers go at Güemes
Dionel Ansaldo 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.
Boardroom24 Jan 2033
85% of the income goes out in wages at Güemes
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad24 Jan 2033
Fede signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fede and Güemes agree another 3 years.
The dugout24 Jan 2033
When it matters, Gianfranco Baier 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.
The dugout24 Jan 2033
Daniel Ferrari gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad24 Jan 2033
A row about effort at Güemes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniel Silva was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market24 Jan 2033
Facundo Melillán linked with a move away
The name of Facundo Melillán keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Güemes say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout24 Jan 2033
Gabriel Rojas 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 Gabriel Rojas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Liam Ferrari: “I am not a substitute”
- Market Güemes put Renato Figueiredo up for sale
- Boardroom The Güemes academy earns its keep