The Libertad Gazette
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Libertad
Nicolás Freire and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Libertad
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lorenzo Melgarejo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market5 Oct 2026
Iván Franco has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Libertad can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Esteban Castaño signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Esteban Castaño commits to Libertad for another 1 years.
Squad5 Oct 2026
No place for Esteban Castaño in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Libertad are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market5 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Libertad
Esteban Castaño arrives at 37 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
- Market Libertad bring in an old head
- Market Libertad put Bryan Cortés up for sale
- The dugout The manager comes out for Nicolás Freire