Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Rodrigo Dioses has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Juan Aurich will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The captaincy has been taken off Gianfranco Castellanos. Juan Aurich will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Edinson Chávez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Juan Aurich will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Leonardo Carrillo has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Juan Aurich can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Joao Villamarín and Juan Aurich agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
Boardroom$1.9M taken back off the Juan Aurich table
SquadBryan Canela asks for a word with the manager
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Gianfranco Castellanos has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Juan Aurich can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
The language is coming and there is somebody to talk to in the dressing room. A footballer who feels at home plays like one, and it never shows up in a scouting report.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Gianfranco Castellanos has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Christian Sánchez has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Leonardo Carrillo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Francesco Lara has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Leonardo Carrillo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
A new face in his position, and Joao Villamarín suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Juan Aurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
The terraces7 Jun 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 27 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Matías Gallo will call it something else in private.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Juan Aurich 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.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Bryan Canela has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Juan Aurich 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 Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Cesar Vallejo defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
0-3 to Sporting Cristal, 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.
Every debut is a small story about the future: Fabrizzio Franco, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, 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.” Juan Aurich have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
He is 16, and nobody at Juan Aurich signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
He is 16, and nobody at Juan Aurich signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Horacio Aquino is 17, and Juan Aurich have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Edinson Chávez plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Juan Aurich will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Léo Gomes has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Jean Pierre Fuentes plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ariel Castro has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Juan Aurich can pretend not to have heard.
A new face in his position, and Gianfranco Castellanos suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Juan Aurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
A season-long audition: Alianza Lima still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Juan Aurich's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Juan Aurich can pretend not to have heard.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Víctor Cumpa has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fabriccio Butrón and Juan Aurich agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
A new face in his position, and Jean Pierre Fuentes suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Juan Aurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jean Pierre Fuentes keeps the shirt for now, at Juan Aurich's convenience rather than his own.
A new face in his position, and Jean Pierre Fuentes suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Juan Aurich have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Juan Aurich will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
9Edition
The Juan Aurich Courier
19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondentSteady
Boardroom19 Oct 2026
159% of the income goes out in wages at Juan Aurich
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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Víctor Cumpa has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Juan Aurich, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Bryan Canela has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
5Edition
The Juan Aurich Courier
7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondentSteady
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
125% of the income goes out in wages at Juan Aurich
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 is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Juan Aurich have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonardo Carrillo and Juan Aurich agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Gianfranco Castellanos is 38 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.