The Athletic Club Chronicle
Squad21 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Athletic Club
Yair Hillairet and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Felipe Kisner arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Felipe Kisner has, at Athletic Club, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets21 Feb 2028
Athletic Club rebuffed over Vinícius Dias
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ituano have kept their man, and Athletic Club go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
Athletic Club beat the market to Natã Barbosa from Atlético Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Natã Barbosa has pre-agreed a move to Athletic Club, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Roni Lobo 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Rodrigo Assis out for 35 days
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Rodrigo Assis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market21 Feb 2028
Athletic Club buy the years ahead of Kaique
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market21 Feb 2028
Athletic Club buy the years ahead of Felipe Kisner
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market21 Feb 2028
The Yair Hillairet story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Yair Hillairet signs something — a contract at Athletic Club or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Rodrigo Leal knocks on the manager's door
- Market Blas Cáceres runs his contract down
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Athletic Club