Deportivo Tachira spent the window trying to move Robert Darbinyan on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Deportivo Tachira is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Miguel González and Deportivo Tachira agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan Aguilar and Deportivo Tachira agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Deportivo Tachira know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Deportivo Tachira, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
MarketThe window shut and Cariaco González is still in the building
The deal that would have taken Leandro Fioravanti to Caracas has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Deportivo Tachira with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Robert Darbinyan and Deportivo Tachira agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Deportivo Tachira know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Julián Velázquez keeps the shirt for now, at Deportivo Tachira's convenience rather than his own.