Comments on: The (possible) return of the Prodigal Son, and Riquelme to be charged? http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/ More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tom Clark http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/#comment-2952 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:15:56 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=2199#comment-2952 It’s looking more and more like Diaz will be unhappy he didn’t go to River. In addition to the apparent loss of “Chango” Moreno (that’s Alfredo–did I say Alejandro?), he’s just allowed several club America mainstays to go on the transfer list–including the veteran German Villa, whom he’s been nudging out all through the past torneo, and the Argentine defender Sebastian Dominguez, with whom he famously hasn’t gotten along. The ex-America star Cuauhtemoc Blanco, now back in Mexico with Santos and playing in the liguilla semi-finals, has openly and bitterly attacked “El Pelado” in the press for getting rid of Villa, “a player who gave everything, who was a symbol of americanismo.” Small wonder RD is now not talking to anybody.

]]> By: Tom Clark http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/#comment-2951 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:43:36 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=2199#comment-2951 And last night, at the airport in Mexico City, where it was pointed out his star Argentine striker Alejandro Moreno was missing the flight to training camp in Cancun (because Moreno is evidently being offloaded to Pachuca to replace Bruno Marioni, who’s heading back to Atlas), Diaz adopted a new strategy with the Mexican media–brushed past them with his head down and a grim stare at the floor, refusing all queries reporters dished out as though they were offering him not questions but hand grenades

]]> By: Tom Clark http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/#comment-2944 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:31:59 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=2199#comment-2944 And then again, another later clip of the Diaz interview, now re-edited, reveals him suggesting the River deal was never anything but friendly conversation, that he was never looking for the job anyway, and that he welcomes the arrival of Beausejour with great anticipation. So this obviously means that, depending on which version of media spin you prefer to accept, the deal is either definitely off or absolutely on.

]]> By: Tom Clark http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/#comment-2943 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:23:18 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=2199#comment-2943 Sam,

The several closely analyzed replay clips of the Roman “incident” absolutely confirm your estimate of the whole affair as completely silly.

And as to Diaz, he appeared last night before the assembled Mexican sporting press to field questions about the River rumor, and did a brilliant job of congenially hedging and evading his way through the whole affair–confirming, at least in this viewer’s mind, that the River negotiations are well underway if not all but concluded. (To illustrate his sudden indifference as to the fortunes of club America–which he managed into disrespectable mediocrity in the recently completed torneo–RD had not a word to say about their signing, earlier in the day, of the Chilean winger Beausejour.)

]]> By: johnny http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/#comment-2940 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:41:31 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=2199#comment-2940 Mind boggling. The Barrabrava pretty much do what they want but some jackass (lawyer) wants to prosecute Riquelme for next to nothing. Priorities, priorities.

]]> By: justin http://hastaelgolsiempre.com/2008/12/02/the-possible-return-of-the-prodigal-son-and-riquelme-to-be-charged/#comment-2939 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:07:46 +0000 http://hastalogolsiempre.wordpress.com/?p=2199#comment-2939 Very silly indeed!

I do hope Diaz returns to River. It’s the best fit for both him and the club, although even if he and Aguilar have been able to put aside their differences, I’ll be surprised if Club America let it happen.

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