Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Emiliano Aires 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.” Rampla Juniors 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 Rampla Juniors, 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.” Rampla Juniors 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 Rampla Juniors, 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. Nicolás Milesi 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 Rampla Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rampla Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rampla Juniors, 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.” Rampla Juniors 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 Rampla Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sebastián Cal keeps the shirt for now, at Rampla Juniors's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
MarketThe window shut and Emiliano Aires is still in the building
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rampla Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A season-long audition: River Plate still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Rampla Juniors'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 Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
The fee is $240.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Racing drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Rampla Juniors have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Rampla Juniors has been clear about where Andrew Zamorano stands, which is more than many ever get.
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
The fee is $120.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Racing drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sebastián Cal keeps the shirt for now, at Rampla Juniors's convenience rather than his own.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rampla Juniors, 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 Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of 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.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Kevin Alaniz has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Rampla Juniors know, and have known for weeks.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. La Luz defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Augusto Scarone has let it be known that he does not like the way Rampla Juniors are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rampla Juniors, 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 — Lautaro Rinaldi has let it be known that he does not like the way Rampla Juniors are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
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.
At 35 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Rampla Juniors have a decision that made itself.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Augusto Scarone
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rampla Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Rampla Juniors 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 Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Rampla Juniors have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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.
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.
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.
The shirt still fits. Mathias Morales is back at Rampla Juniors, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Germán Triunfo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Rampla Juniors will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Sebastián Jaume plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Rampla Juniors 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. Lautaro Rinaldi 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 Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Rampla Juniors spent the window trying to move Sebastián Cal on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
The name of Brian Mancini has come up in conversations Rampla Juniors were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Uruguay Montevideo pay $31.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
A new face in his position, and Nicolás Milesi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Rampla Juniors have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
The fee is $82.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Uruguay Montevideo drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
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 Rampla Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A new face in his position, and Nicolás Milesi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Rampla Juniors have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Renyer arrives at Rampla Juniors with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Germán Triunfo arrives at Rampla Juniors 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 Rampla Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolás Milesi and Rampla Juniors agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Nicolás Milesi arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
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 Rampla Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rampla Juniors, 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. Sebastián Cal has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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.
2 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.
48 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.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Alberto Eiraldi knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Rampla Juniors have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Ismael Tejería
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rampla Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Rampla Juniors have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.