The Newell's Old Boys Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Thiago Gigena
25 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Newell's Old Boys lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
David Sotelo has agreed to leave Newell's Old Boys for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Market17 Aug 2026
David Sotelo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Newell's Old Boys is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Walter Mazzantti 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alejo Navarro 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 Newell's Old Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Hernán Martínez on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Hernán Martínez after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Santiago Solari beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The plan did not have a place for Ignacio Ramírez
Nobody at Newell's Old Boys is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Match15 Aug 2026
No goals between Newell's Old Boys and Lanús
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Lanús will be the happier side with the point.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Bruno Cabrera
- Player ratings Walter Mazzantti could have had three
- Squad Lucas Carrizo wants to know why he earns less