Leonel Álvarez

Defensive Midfielder - Tigre
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
68 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Felipe Zenobio is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Felipe Zenobio: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Market

Imanol González asks to leave Tigre

“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.

Match

8 unbeaten for Tigre

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Tigre did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Santiago López is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.09 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Tigre know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Joaquín Laso out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Joaquín Laso, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jalil Elías

“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.

Match

Tigre and Sarmiento cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Sarmiento came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Marcos Enrique

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

Still no signature from Leonel Álvarez

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Tigre could get for him.

In brief

Back issues
66 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Tigre march on in the cup

River Plate are out and Tigre go through, 2-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Squad

Alejandro Medina says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Match

6 unbeaten for Tigre

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Tigre did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Felipe Zenobio 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.

Squad

Jabes Saralegui is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.47 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Costly mistake from Felipe Zenobio

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Felipe Zenobio knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Felipe Zenobio

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.

Market

Nobody at Tigre has picked up the phone to Leonel Álvarez

1 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Market

Tigre put Marcos Enrique up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Marcos Enrique may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

  • Boardroom Tigre were not finished after all
  • The terraces The press have found their man in Bruno Leyes
  • The terraces The stand has a song for Jabes Saralegui
64 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Imanol González asks to leave Tigre

“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.

Squad

At 21, Santiago López is already the best thing here

An average of 7.08 in a first team he is several years too young for. Tigre have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

Tigre see off Atlético Tucumán

Three points for Tigre, 1-0 the final word against Atlético Tucumán in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alan Barrionuevo

“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.

Squad

Elías Cabrera unhappy with how he is being used

Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Elías Cabrera has let it be known that he does not like the way Tigre are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.

Market

Leonel Álvarez runs his contract down

2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tigre money.

In brief

60 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Imanol González asks to leave Tigre

“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.

Squad

Marcos Enrique: 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.” Tigre have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Santiago López is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.05 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Tigre know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad

Felipe Zenobio 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.

Squad

Martín Garay out for 20 days

The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Martín Garay, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Banfield take the points off Tigre

Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Sebastián Medina

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.

Market

Sebastián Medina placed on the list

Tigre have made Sebastián Medina available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

Sebastián Medina linked with a move away

The name of Sebastián Medina keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

58 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Marcos Enrique 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 Tigre can pretend not to have heard.

Match

9 unbeaten for Tigre

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Tigre did not have in the autumn.

Market

Luka Fuster moves on

Valladolid pay $2.1M, 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.

Squad

Jabes Saralegui is carrying Tigre

2 goals and a season average of 7.36. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Sebastián Medina 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.

Match

No goals between Tigre and Racing Club

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Racing Club will be the happier side with the point.

Market

Felipe Zenobio linked with a move away

The name of Felipe Zenobio keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Ignacio Letizia makes his debut at 19

At 19 years old, Ignacio Letizia became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Loan watch

Blas Armoa keeps scoring at Gimnasia y Esgrima

31 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

56 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Imanol González asks to leave Tigre

“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.

Squad

Leonel Álvarez says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Match

7 unbeaten for Tigre

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Tigre did not have in the autumn.

Squad

At 21, Santiago López is already the best thing here

An average of 7.02 in a first team he is several years too young for. Tigre have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Tigre lose Martín Garay

53 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Match

Tigre see off Aldosivi

Three points for Tigre, 2-0 the final word against Aldosivi in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jalil Elías

“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 watch

4 goals on loan for Brian Leizza

20 appearances at Los Andes and the goals keep coming. Tigre are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Market

The Brandon Leszczuk talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tigre know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

54 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gonzalo Martínez says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Squad

Emilio Ambiela stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Emilio Ambiela and Tigre agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alan Barrionuevo

“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.

Squad

Jabes Saralegui is carrying Tigre

1 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match

Tigre and Independiente Rivadavia cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Independiente Rivadavia came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market

Felipe Zenobio linked with a move away

The name of Felipe Zenobio keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

53 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sebastián Medina: 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.” Tigre have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Leonel Álvarez out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Leonel Álvarez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Ignacio Letizia signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ignacio Letizia commits to Tigre for another 4 years.

Market

San Martín SJ are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Tigre will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Jalil Elías 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.

Market

The Santiago González talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tigre know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

50 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Martín Garay says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Market

Deportivo Riestra come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Tigre did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Brandon Leszczuk stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brandon Leszczuk and Tigre agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Brandon Leszczuk

“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.

Market

Felipe Zenobio linked with a move away

The name of Felipe Zenobio keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

Loan watch

Blas Armoa keeps scoring at Gimnasia y Esgrima

23 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

49 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Tigre up to position 1

27 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Tigre sell Ignacio Russo for $17.9M

Ignacio Russo has left for Fluminense in a $17.9M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market

Juan Manuel Villalba moves on

Newell's Old Boys pay $1.9M, 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.

Squad

Alan Barrionuevo out for 36 days

The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Alan Barrionuevo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom

Tigre release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Loan watch

Alejandro Medina wants to come home

“I did not go to Philadelphia Union to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tigre and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Leonel 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.

Market

San Martín SJ are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Tigre will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Joaquín Laso 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.

In brief

46 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Tigre through in the cup

A 1-0 win over Los Andes, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Imanol González says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Squad

Ignacio Russo is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.38 with 12 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Valentín Moreno signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Valentín Moreno commits to Tigre for another 4 years.

Squad

Sebastián Medina 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.

Market

Felipe Zenobio linked with a move away

The name of Felipe Zenobio keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

Loan watch

5 goals on loan for Blas Armoa

19 appearances at Gimnasia y Esgrima and the goals keep coming. Tigre are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Alfio Oviedo

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.

Market

Tigre bring in Juan Cruz Arno on loan

A season-long audition: Maipú still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Tigre's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.

In brief

45 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Tigre up to position 1

27 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Independiente come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Tigre did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Ramón Arias moves on

Argentinos Juniors pay $170.0K, 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.

Squad

Tigre lose Alan Barrionuevo

69 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Boardroom

Tigre release $4.0M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Loan watch

Alejandro Medina has seen enough of Philadelphia Union

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tigre, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alfio Oviedo

“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.

Market

The Santiago González talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tigre know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Joaquín Laso is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 203 appearances behind him, and Tigre have to plan for both answers.

In brief

44 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tiago Serrago says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Tigre against Defensa y Justicia

0-1 to Defensa y Justicia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Leonel Álvarez 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.

Squad

Jabes Saralegui is carrying Tigre

1 goals and a season average of 7.25. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Loan watch

Blas Armoa keeps scoring at Gimnasia y Esgrima

17 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

Squad

Somebody is after Gonzalo Martínez’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Gonzalo Martínez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Tigre have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

43 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ignacio Russo linked with a move away

The name of Ignacio Russo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Martín Garay 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 Tigre, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Loan watch

Darío Sarmiento keeps scoring at Colón

16 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

41 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Tigre are in among the leaders

Position 1 and 26 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Imanol González 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 Tigre can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Santiago González signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Santiago González commits to Tigre for another 5 years.

Match

Tigre find a way past Atlético Tucumán

Atlético Tucumán made Tigre work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Ignacio Russo is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.34 with 11 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Squad

Tigre lose Alan Barrionuevo

101 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Joaquín Laso 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.

Market

The Santiago González talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tigre know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Leonel Álvarez runs his contract down

7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tigre money.

In brief

39 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Tigre through in the cup

A 1-0 win over Madryn, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Tigre

The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Juan Manuel Crespo says Tigre went back on their word

“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.

Market

Orlando City are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Tigre will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Leonel 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.

Match

Tigre and Estudiantes cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Estudiantes came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Gonzalo Martínez 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 Tigre, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Ignacio Russo linked with a move away

The name of Ignacio Russo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tigre say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Álvaro Navoni makes his debut at 20

At 20 years old, Álvaro Navoni became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

In brief

29 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bruno Leyes 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.

Squad

Tigre lose Tomás Sultani

37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Luis Blanco out for 27 days

The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Luis Blanco, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

23 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Tigre up to position 2

21 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market

Luciano Minniti asks to leave Tigre

“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.

Squad

Luka Fuster signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luka Fuster commits to Tigre for another 4 years.

Market

Tristán Suárez expected to open talks for Alejandro Medina

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tigre will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

Tiago Serrago 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.

Market

The Ignacio Russo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tigre know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

22 Edition

The Tigre Sentinel

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tiago Serrago: 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.” Tigre have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Thiago Sánchez asks to leave Tigre

“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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alfio Oviedo

“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.

In brief