Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Córdoba SdE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“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 Central Córdoba SdE, and 9 appearances in 31 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
The terracesEverybody has an opinion about Alan Aguerre
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
2-5 to Platense, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Córdoba SdE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Copetti and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 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 Central Córdoba SdE, and 9 appearances in 27 say he has earned the hearing.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Córdoba SdE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Javier Vallejos and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
The terracesThe spotlight tightens on Alan Aguerre
SquadAlan Laprida asks for a word with the manager
Newell's Old Boys will want this one forgotten quickly: 4-1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Central Córdoba SdE were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Córdoba SdE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yuri Casermeiro and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 3 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.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Central Córdoba SdE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Vittar and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 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.” Central Córdoba SdE 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 Central Córdoba SdE is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“I did not go to New York Red Bulls to sit and watch. I want to come back to Central Córdoba SdE and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Nicolás Del Grecco is 34, with 0 appearances behind him, and Central Córdoba SdE will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE 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 Central Córdoba SdE 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.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 0 appearances behind him, and Central Córdoba SdE have to plan for both answers.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lautaro Cano and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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.
Estudiantes go through and Central Córdoba SdE go home, 0-1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
A 2-1 win over Almirante Brown, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Marco Iacobellis has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Central Córdoba SdE know, and have known for weeks.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Omar Bautista Gerez and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tomás Iturre and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alan Aguerre and Central Córdoba SdE 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.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The shirt still fits. Miguel Ángel López is back at Central Córdoba SdE, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Sebastián Molina is back at Central Córdoba SdE, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Noah Colombo is back at Central Córdoba SdE, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Work is signed off on a capacity of 15331. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Central Córdoba SdE 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 Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lucas Bernabéu and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Córdoba SdE can pretend not to have heard.
The deal that would have taken Lisandro Musso to Gimnasia La Plata has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Central Córdoba SdE with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Javier Vallejos and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Central Córdoba SdE know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Córdoba SdE can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Central Córdoba SdE has been clear about where Leonardo Marchi stands, which is more than many ever get.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Central Córdoba SdE 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 Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Central Córdoba SdE can pretend not to have heard.
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.
Nicolás Del Grecco is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Lucas Meza is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A new face in his position, and Santiago Moyano suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Central Córdoba SdE have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Alan Ríos arrives at Central Córdoba SdE with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonardo Villán and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Central Córdoba SdE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
At 26 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Central Córdoba SdE have a decision that made itself.
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.
Barracas Central go through and Central Córdoba SdE go home, 0-0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Alan Aguerre: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Central Córdoba SdE, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Almirante Brown are out and Central Córdoba SdE go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
A 3-2 win over Unión de Santa Fe, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Vittar and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alan Aguerre and Central Córdoba SdE agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Central Córdoba SdE have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.