From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market8 Nov 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 Vélez can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Elías Gómez : 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.” Vélez have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aarón Quiros commits to Vélez for another 4 years.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Aarón Quiros 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The award goes to Alejandro Garay , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Vélez pull $5.0M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
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Upbeat
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 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.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
14 appearances at Puebla and the goals keep coming. Independiente are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Matías Reali Matías Reali says Independiente went back on their word
Squad25 Oct 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.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
9 appearances at Vélez and the goals keep coming. Independiente are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Uneasy
Match18 Oct 2027
Vélez are in real trouble nowPosition 15, 11 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
Three points for Vélez , 2-1 the final word against Los Andes in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
30 appearances away from home and 13 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Emanuel Mammana 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
The name of Emanuel Mammana keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Vélez say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
27 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Manuel Lanzini plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The selectors could not leave Alejandro Garay out
6.72 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.
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Crisis
Squad11 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match9 Oct 2027
Central Córdoba SdE left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad11 Oct 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Agustín Cortez commits to Vélez for another 4 years.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
Inquest at Vélez
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch11 Oct 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 Vélez , and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
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Crisis
Match4 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Vélez 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Vélez has to find a result from somewhere.
Market6 Sep 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Match4 Sep 2027
Almirante Brown left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Diego Valdés Diego Valdés wants more than Vélez are offering
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Florián Monzón
“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 watch6 Sep 2027
19 appearances away from home and 11 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Nobody left the Vélez dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Avispa Fukuoka to sit and watch. I want to come back to Vélez and fight for my place.” 18 appearances in 29 matches say the rest.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Elías Gómez 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Vélez have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
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
“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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matías Pellegrini and Vélez agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market12 Jul 2027
A conversation is coming this week. Vélez will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Emanuel Mammana 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.
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Steady
Match9 Jun 2027
A 2-0 win over Gimnasia y Esgrima , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Market14 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market14 Jun 2027
Boca Juniors pay $2.3M, 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
The paperwork is done: Thiago Acosta joins from River Plate in a deal worth $850.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad14 Jun 2027
At 21, Lautaro Millán is already the best thing here
An average of 7.17 in a first team he is several years too young for. Independiente have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alejandro Garay and Independiente agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A season average of 7.36 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Alejandro Garay
“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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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Jun 2027
At 19, Tomás Parmo is already the best thing here
An average of 6.74 in a first team he is several years too young for. Independiente have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market7 Jun 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market7 Jun 2027
The name of Bruno Fernández has come up in conversations Independiente were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market7 Jun 2027
A conversation is coming this week. Independiente will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
31 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Marcone
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Santiago Arias suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Independiente have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Upbeat
Squad25 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Joaquín Parras , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luciano Barros Ayala and Independiente agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch25 Jan 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 Independiente , and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Loan watch25 Jan 2027
25 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Upbeat
Market7 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 131 days on the sidelines for Rodrigo Fernández , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market7 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Independiente is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kevin Lomónaco commits to Independiente for another 4 years.
Market7 Dec 2026
Leonardo Godoy is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Independiente has been clear about where Leonardo Godoy stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market7 Dec 2026
Progreso are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Independiente will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.