The Cooper Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
Mateo Cantera arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Mateo Cantera has, at Cooper, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Fernando Ruiz Díaz stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Ruiz Díaz and Cooper agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mauricio Loffreda comes home
The shirt still fits. Mauricio Loffreda is back at Cooper, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Cooper
Sebastián D'Angelo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Cooper beat the market to José Duarte from Tacuarembo
Tacuarembo will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. José Duarte has pre-agreed a move to Cooper, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Cooper
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ignacio Nicolini was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Cooper and Mauricio Loffreda
- Market A long bet from Cooper on Joaquín Lavandeira
- Market Cooper bring in an old head