Post script. Has renewed loan for another season and hopes to feature more this season. Already back playing for Mexico.

01.04. No further news.

18.03. Back in training and played 15 minutes in a practise match. Still not match fit though.

14.01. Back in Spain undergoing physiotherapy. Expected to be fit again by May, so could be back playing for the last month of the season.

07.01. Returns to Spain next week to keep up his rehabilitation after training in Mexico with his club América. His agents are still renegotiating the extension of his loan contract to June 2002.

03.12. Agents are currently negotiating a one year renewal with club.

29.10. The plaster cast is now off, and his recuperation begins. A nice gesture from Kaviedes in the weekend match, lifting his shirt after scoring and revealing a Cuauhtémoc shirt underneath.

13.10. The injury to Cuauhtémoc's knee is confirmed, and he will be out for at least six months. Yesterday doctors operated immediately to repare the broken cruciate ligament and knee cap which were both destroyed by Trinidad and Tobago defender Ansil Elcock's tackle. Mexican authorities are appealing for Elcock to be suspended for six months, even though the referee did not sanction the player during the match. Although the tackle was horrendous, Elcock, who plays his football in USA, does not have a bad reputation and has never been sent off in his career. Blanco is not expected to play again this season, and will probably be replaced in the Valladolid squad under rules which allow clubs to substitute injured players outside of the normal transfer periods.

12.10. Played for Mexico, scored two goals and was injured in a bad tackle. Tests currently being made on his knee, but he could be out for up to six months if worst fears are confirmed. Valladolid have to decide by December whether to exercise a 6.5 million Dollar transfer option, and they are asking América if it would be possible to extend this deadline by another six months.

01.10. Came on early in the second half in the 0-0 draw against Villarreal but didn't do very much. His did however repeat his two footed kangaroo dribble, which was shown on the television highlights.

24.09. With Kaviedes and Pachón getting goals, Blanco has had to sit out the first league games on the bench. Came on for the last 20 minutes against Las Palmas and showed some good touches.

Mexican forward who came to fame in the last world cup with his two footed kangaroo dribble, leaping past a defender with the ball clasped between his feet. Has already played almost 50 times for Mexico, and is a local hero in his country. The only doubts are about his fitness, with a knee injury keeping him out for some time. So far he has only played five minutes as substitute in the first match of the league, and we have yet to see the real Cuauhtémoc. Has signed on loan for one season, with a purchase option which must be exercised in December if he is to stay.