Marked for Emilio Suárez
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market23 Oct 2028
“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 The request is on a desk at Talleres, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market23 Oct 2028
Only the photograph left for Emilio Suárez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Emilio Suárez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Talleres the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match21 Oct 2028
4 matches without a win for Talleres
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Talleres are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 Oct 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Talleres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
This is not rotation. Sergio Frutos has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Talleres is pretending otherwise.
Squad23 Oct 2028
A row about effort at Talleres
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emanuel Reynoso was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch23 Oct 2028
“I watch every Talleres game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Sportivo Luqueno runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Loan watch23 Oct 2028
34 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Tomás Rojas 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.
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Steady
Market25 Sep 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Talleres can pretend not to have heard.
Market25 Sep 2028
Emilio Suárez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Talleres they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad25 Sep 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Talleres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
No hiding place for Alex Luna
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Luna, and the manager let it.
The dugout25 Sep 2028
This is not rotation. Sergio Frutos has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Talleres is pretending otherwise.
Squad25 Sep 2028
A row about effort at Talleres
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emanuel Reynoso was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch25 Sep 2028
“I watch every Talleres game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Sportivo Luqueno runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings25 Sep 2028
Marked 7.48. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Loan watch25 Sep 2028
The goals keep arriving from Matías Galarza’s exile
9 goals in 32 games at Deportivo Pereira — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Talleres updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
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Steady
Market28 Aug 2028
“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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Only the photograph left for Emilio Suárez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Emilio Suárez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Talleres the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Leonel Moreno 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 Aug 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Talleres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Aug 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Román Agüero. 2‑0 against Unión de Santa Fe, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
This is not rotation. Sergio Frutos has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Talleres is pretending otherwise.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
One of those days for Alex Luna
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.11, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Santiago Fernández 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.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Tomás Rojas 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.
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Upbeat
Market24 Jul 2028
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market24 Jul 2028
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Sporting Cristal waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Talleres is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $83.7K of what Talleres paid for David Soria is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.
Market24 Jul 2028
Tomás Rojas 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 Talleres can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Marked 7.60 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Window shuts: 0 in, 24 out at Talleres
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 0 arrived, 24 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market24 Jul 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Talleres is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
No thanks: Arthur Cabral rejects the move
Talleres had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Palmeiras, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad24 Jul 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Talleres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Market10 Jul 2028
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Talleres have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market10 Jul 2028
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market10 Jul 2028
“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 Talleres, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Jul 2028
Talleres say no — this time
The offer from Tigre for Emilio Suárez 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.
Boardroom10 Jul 2028
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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Talleres
Augusto Schott and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Jul 2028
Door shut on Fabián
Talleres asked and River Plate said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Words at Talleres training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emanuel Reynoso 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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Lobo signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lobo and Talleres agree another 3 years.
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Crisis
Market22 May 2028
“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 May 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Talleres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match20 May 2028
Vélez left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 May 2028
Diego Valoyes 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.
The dugout22 May 2028
“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.
The dugout22 May 2028
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
The dugout22 May 2028
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
The dugout22 May 2028
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Santiago Fernández is on it.
Market22 May 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Talleres know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Player ratings13 Mar 2028
Alex Luna scores twice — 8.47
Two goals and a mark of 8.47 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market13 Mar 2028
“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 Talleres, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market13 Mar 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Talleres is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Talleres may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Words exchanged at Talleres
Augusto Schott and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Marcos Portillo 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
“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.
The terraces13 Mar 2028
Talleres supporters have found a favourite in Alex Luna
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Alex Luna 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.
Match11 Mar 2028
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Alex Luna. 2‑0 against Boca Juniors, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
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Crisis
Match5 Feb 2028
Chastening afternoon for Talleres
A 0‑4 beating by Platense was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
“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.
Market7 Feb 2028
“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.
Match5 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Talleres's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Talleres has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Augusto Schott 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Talleres
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.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Augusto Schott
“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.
Market7 Feb 2028
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentín Molina has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market7 Feb 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduardo Medina has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
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Steady
Market31 Jan 2028
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market31 Jan 2028
The bid was some way short and Talleres did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market31 Jan 2028
“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 Talleres, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Jan 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Talleres this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Talleres have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Ulises Ortegoza 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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Franco Yennerich commits to Talleres for another 4 years.
Loan watch31 Jan 2028
“I watch every Talleres game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Fenix runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Nobody at Talleres will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.