Marked for Agustín Bindella
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Axel Batista in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Ramiro Luna falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Back issues
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Steady
Squad12 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Tiago Marghetich
33 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Quilmes lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Axel Batista in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Gonzalo Marinelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad12 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.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
A performance of 8.03 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Quilmes, and it is a cruel one.
Match10 Jul 2027
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Match21 Jun 2027
Quilmes sink to position 16
18 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market21 Jun 2027
Lucas Romeo 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 Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Axel Batista was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match19 Jun 2027
1‑2 to Patronato, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexis Domínguez, and the manager let it.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings21 Jun 2027
A performance of 8.18 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Juan Yangali's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
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Uneasy
Match22 May 2027
The wait goes on for Quilmes
9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market24 May 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
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
Axel Batista was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 May 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Alexis Domínguez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.23. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Match22 May 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.
Squad24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Vega
“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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Crisis
Match15 May 2027
The wait goes on for Quilmes
8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match17 May 2027
Quilmes are in real trouble now
Position 16, 12 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.
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
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luciano Recalde is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match15 May 2027
0‑1 to Ferro Carril Oeste, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings17 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 May 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.
Squad17 May 2027
“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
Squad19 Apr 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Axel Batista was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiro Luna is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ariel Kippes, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Market22 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 15 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Matías Vilalta is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Ramiro Luna was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.49, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Crisis
Squad15 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 22 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market15 Mar 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Gonzalo Marinelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match13 Mar 2027
0‑2 to All Boys, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Agustín Bolívar
“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.
The terraces15 Mar 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.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
6 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
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Crisis
Squad8 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 29 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
The Quilmes board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gonzalo Marinelli and Quilmes agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Axel Batista was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiro Luna is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match6 Mar 2027
A bad afternoon for Quilmes against Almagro
0‑1 to Almagro, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The terraces8 Mar 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
Squad1 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 36 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
A brace, and Alexis Domínguez takes the afternoon — 8.87
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alexis Domínguez provided it, and the 8.87 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market1 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Feb 2027
It finished 3‑2, and it was Alexis Domínguez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Quilmes.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Gonzalo Marinelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes of Ulises Vera at his very best
Marked 9.11. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Quilmes.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
“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 Quilmes, and 0 appearances in 0 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Ledesma, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 43 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market22 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.
Market22 Feb 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Quilmes's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Quilmes has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Ramiro Luna was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Ninety minutes of Alexis Domínguez at his very best
Marked 8.35. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Quilmes.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mauro Fernández, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Squad15 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 50 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market15 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Quilmes's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Quilmes has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Axel Batista in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Ramiro Luna falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad15 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
7 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
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Steady
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 57 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
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.
Market8 Feb 2027
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Ramiro Luna was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Quilmes
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Ninety minutes of Ulises Vera at his very best
Marked 8.87. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Quilmes.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
Quilmes supporters have found a favourite in Ulises Vera
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ulises Vera has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
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
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 64 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market1 Feb 2027
Ian Rasso puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2027
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Gonzalo Marinelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market1 Feb 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Quilmes will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Squad25 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 71 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market25 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Ramiro Luna was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Steady
Squad18 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 78 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market18 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market18 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 85 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market11 Jan 2027
Quilmes say no — this time
The offer from Almagro for Gabriel Vázquez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 92 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market4 Jan 2027
Ian Rasso puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Jan 2027
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Quilmes will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Kevin Soria is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market4 Jan 2027
The name of Esteban Glellel has come up in conversations Quilmes were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
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Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 99 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market28 Dec 2026
Thomas Ortega 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 Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Agustín Ortega has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Matías Vilalta is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market28 Dec 2026
Only the photograph left for Agustín Ortega
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Agustín Ortega will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Quilmes the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Ramiro Luna was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 106 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market21 Dec 2026
Thiago Santi 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 Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Dec 2026
21 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Dec 2026
Julián Gurzi has left for Rosario Central in a $350.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Gonzalo Marinelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
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Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
Santiago Adrover damages knee ligaments — 99 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 99 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 113 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The terraces14 Dec 2026
Quilmes sell a favourite for $3.2M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Aaron Spetale was one of the reasons people came, and $3.2M does not replace that by itself.
Market14 Dec 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market14 Dec 2026
Business is business: Aaron Spetale goes
Atletico Nacional paid $3.2M and Quilmes took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.
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Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
Santiago Adrover damages knee ligaments — 106 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 106 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 120 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market7 Dec 2026
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Luciano Recalde wants continental football; whether Quilmes can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Ramiro Luna in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Gonzalo Marinelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market7 Dec 2026
Thomas Ortega is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Quilmes has been clear about where Thomas Ortega stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Squad30 Nov 2026
Santiago Adrover damages knee ligaments — 113 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 113 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Agustín Bindella out for 127 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Quilmes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market30 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market30 Nov 2026
Quilmes may not be able to give Ramiro Luna what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ramiro Luna wants continental football; whether Quilmes can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Ramiro Luna was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Marinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.