Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rosario Central is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ángel Di María and Rosario Central agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Rosario Central, and 7 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Rosario Central, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rosario Central, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Ángel Di María has let it be known that he does not like the way Rosario Central are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rosario Central have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rosario Central is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rosario Central have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Federico Santander and Rosario Central agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rosario Central have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rosario Central can pretend not to have heard.
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Rosario Central have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Rosario Central, and 6 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Facundo Mallo has let it be known that he does not like the way Rosario Central are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Alejo Veliz
“The easiest signature of my career.” Santiago Segovia and Rosario Central agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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.
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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rosario Central can pretend not to have heard.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Tigre defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
At 38 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Rosario Central have a decision that made itself.
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.