From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
Lucão is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tacuarembo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Píriz
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Mateo Pereyra has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Lucão Lucão is on his way
Back issues
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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
92 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Santiago Vargas
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match1 Nov 2027
Tacuarembo are in real trouble nowPosition 12, 28 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market1 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
Pressure builds in the Tacuarembo boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Píriz
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Santiago Vargas asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Geremy Mesa Camacho has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
108 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Ángel Maciel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Sebastián Píriz asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market18 Oct 2027
Lucão is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tacuarembo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Néstor Álvarez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Ángel Maciel Ángel Maciel says Tacuarembo went back on their word
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Uneasy
Market11 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 63 days on the sidelines for Federico Pintado , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad11 Oct 2027
122 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match4 Oct 2027
Tacuarembo are in real trouble nowPosition 12, 28 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market4 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
Pressure builds in the Tacuarembo boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad27 Sep 2027
Santiago Vargas : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad27 Sep 2027
136 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Ángel Maciel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market20 Sep 2027
Lucão is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tacuarembo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Ayrton Castro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Lucão Lucão is on his way
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad13 Sep 2027
92 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match6 Sep 2027
Tacuarembo are in real trouble nowPosition 12, 28 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market6 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Pressure builds in the Tacuarembo boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Píriz
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
$22.6K taken back off the Tacuarembo table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market30 Aug 2027
Tacuarembo have made Nahuel Píriz available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Esteban de Lima asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Aug 2027
Néstor Álvarez : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Lucão is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tacuarembo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Lucas López , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market16 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of José Duarte
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
25 starts and a season average of 6.95. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match7 Aug 2027
Chastening afternoon for Tacuarembo
A 1-4 beating by Boston River was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match9 Aug 2027
Tacuarembo are in real trouble nowPosition 12, 28 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market9 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad9 Aug 2027
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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Martín Marta gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Nobody left the Tacuarembo dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match31 Jul 2027
A 1-1 draw with Artigas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad2 Aug 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Tacuarembo have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad26 Jul 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market26 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market26 Jul 2027
Lucão is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tacuarembo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match24 Jul 2027
0-1 to Rampla Juniors , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Jul 2027
José Duarte asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match17 Jul 2027
Three points for Tacuarembo , 1-0 the final word against Rentistas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Nahuel Píriz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad19 Jul 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.34. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
22 starts and an average of 6.91. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Jul 2027
Tacuarembo are in real trouble nowPosition 12, 24 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match10 Jul 2027
5 matches without a win for Tacuarembo
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Tacuarembo are no longer polite ones.
Match10 Jul 2027
Central Espanol left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Jul 2027
José Duarte gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The terraces12 Jul 2027
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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tacuarembo have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match3 Jul 2027
4 matches without a win for Tacuarembo
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tacuarembo are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Jul 2027
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Mateo Pereyra
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match3 Jul 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market28 Jun 2027
Lucão is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tacuarembo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match26 Jun 2027
1-3 to Oriental , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Martín Marta gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Lucão Lucão is on his way
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market21 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match19 Jun 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Atenas will be the happier side with the point.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market14 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Jun 2027
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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Federico Ferreira has left for Rentistas in a $130.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match12 Jun 2027
0-1 to Albion , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
90% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Jun 2027
Boston River are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Tacuarembo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Ayrton Castro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Mateo Pereyra suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Tacuarembo have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Upbeat
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match5 Jun 2027
Three points for Tacuarembo , 1-0 the final word against River Plate in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market7 Jun 2027
Rentistas are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Tacuarembo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Tacuarembo have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Mateo Pereyra
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Ayrton Castro asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad31 May 2027
Sebastián Píriz : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad31 May 2027
Diego Méndez is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.31 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Álex Perdomo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 May 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad24 May 2027
Mateo Pereyra : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market17 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 May 2027
Néstor Álvarez : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match15 May 2027
A 1-0 win over Uruguay Montevideo , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Boardroom17 May 2027
94% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Ayrton Castro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 May 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market17 May 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Nahuel Píriz may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad17 May 2027
Joaquín Moreira asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch17 May 2027
13 starts and an average of 6.79. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market10 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match8 May 2027
Boston River left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 May 2027
Nahuel Píriz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match3 May 2027
Tacuarembo are in real trouble nowPosition 12, 14 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad3 May 2027
Álex Perdomo : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match1 May 2027
Three points for Tacuarembo , 1-0 the final word against Artigas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Apr 2027
Martín Marta hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tacuarembo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Apr 2027
José Duarte : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match24 Apr 2027
A 1-1 draw with Rampla Juniors leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Ángel Maciel knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad26 Apr 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Tacuarembo have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match17 Apr 2027
Rentistas made Tacuarembo work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
97% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Ángel Maciel knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market12 Apr 2027
Nahuel Píriz hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tacuarembo can pretend not to have heard.
Match10 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Tacuarembo 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tacuarembo has to find a result from somewhere.
Match10 Apr 2027
0-1 to Central Espanol , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market5 Apr 2027
Ángel Maciel hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tacuarembo can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Apr 2027
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match3 Apr 2027
No end in sight to Tacuarembo 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tacuarembo has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Ángel Maciel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match3 Apr 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. La Luz came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Sebastián Píriz asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match27 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Tacuarembo 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tacuarembo has to find a result from somewhere.
Match27 Mar 2027
1-2 to Oriental , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Martín Marta gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match17 Mar 2027
The cup run ends for Tacuarembo
0-1 against Fenix , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
107% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Match20 Mar 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
Squad
Ian López unhappy with how he is being used
The terraces
The press have found their man in Diego Méndez
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Albion will be the happier side with the point.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ángel Maciel : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tacuarembo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match6 Mar 2027
Three points for Tacuarembo , 1-0 the final word against River Plate in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad1 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market1 Mar 2027
Ayrton Castro hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tacuarembo can pretend not to have heard.
Match27 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Tacuarembo 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tacuarembo has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match27 Feb 2027
Deportivo Maldonado left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Santiago Vargas asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
119% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match20 Feb 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Colon will be the happier side with the point.
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Crisis
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Matias Ugarte is back at Tacuarembo , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
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.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Andres Pellistri is back at Tacuarembo , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Ignacio Martinez is back at Tacuarembo , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match13 Feb 2027
Uruguay Montevideo left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Píriz
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Esteban de Lima commits to Tacuarembo for another 4 years.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Álex Perdomo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager comes out for Pablo López
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Pablo López has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
141% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
The Lucão talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tacuarembo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Martín Marta keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Martín Marta plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Lucão The Lucão talk will not go away
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Steady
Squad18 Jan 2027
Martín Marta gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Mateo Pereyra has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad18 Jan 2027
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Tacuarembo will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Steady
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market11 Jan 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Lucão reports back to Tacuarembo with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mateo Pereyra commits to Tacuarembo for another 3 years.
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Steady
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market4 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tacuarembo have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Ángel Maciel Ángel Maciel says Tacuarembo went back on their word
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ian López knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market4 Jan 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Agustín Coitto leaves Tacuarembo the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The transfer that hurt Ayrton Castro most
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Tacuarembo is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.
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Steady
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market28 Dec 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tacuarembo will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 289% of everything Tacuarembo earn
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.
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Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market21 Dec 2026
Juventud pay $39.0K, 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Dec 2026
Agustín Coitto has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tacuarembo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market14 Dec 2026
José Duarte is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Tacuarembo has been clear about where José Duarte stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A new face in his position, and Néstor Álvarez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Tacuarembo have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad14 Dec 2026
José Duarte knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
Nacional come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Tacuarembo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ayrton Castro and Tacuarembo agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Ayrton Castro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
376% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Market30 Nov 2026
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Tacuarembo could get for him.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market23 Nov 2026
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Tacuarembo could get for him.
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Steady
Market16 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anderson Brum commits to Tacuarembo for another 4 years.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Agustín Coitto
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market9 Nov 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Nahuel Píriz may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
376% of the income goes out in wages at Tacuarembo
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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Esteban de Lima commits to Tacuarembo for another 4 years.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market2 Nov 2026
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tacuarembo money.
Market2 Nov 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Álex Perdomo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market26 Oct 2026
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tacuarembo money.
Market26 Oct 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Álvaro San Emeterio may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Steady
Market19 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Pablo López keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Pablo López plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market12 Oct 2026
Ian López runs his contract down3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tacuarembo money.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Álvaro San Emeterio plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 664% of everything Tacuarembo earn
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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Álex Perdomo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tacuarembo , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market28 Sep 2026
3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Tacuarembo could get for him.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Bautista da Silveira has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Steady
Market14 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Sep 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Sep 2026
José Duarte gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 626% of everything Tacuarembo earn
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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
Martín Marta gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market31 Aug 2026
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tacuarembo money.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tacuarembo have made Agustín Coitto available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ángel Maciel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Álvaro San Emeterio has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Tacuarembo
0-1 against Progreso , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Ian López , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
47 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Upbeat
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match8 Aug 2026
A 1-0 win over Atenas , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Pablo López 's contract
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market10 Aug 2026
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tacuarembo money.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ian López wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Ian López has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Tacuarembo know, and have known for weeks.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The selectors could not leave Néstor Álvarez out
6.52 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.
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Uneasy
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Álvaro San Emeterio , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonardo Olavarría and Tacuarembo agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.