The Argentinos Juniors Herald
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Pressure builds in the Argentinos Juniors boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Lucas Chaves says Argentinos Juniors went back on their word
“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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Diego Rodríguez 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 Argentinos Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Market25 Oct 2027
José Mauri is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Argentinos Juniors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Lautaro Giaccone
“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 watch25 Oct 2027
Agustín Mangiaut has seen enough of Sharjah
“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 Argentinos Juniors, and 8 appearances in 37 say he has earned the hearing.
Match23 Oct 2027
Argentinos Juniors and Banfield take a point apiece
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Juan José Cardozo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Argentinos Juniors, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Francisco Álvarez is off the mark for Argentinos Juniors
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
- Loan watch Yair González keeps scoring at Boston River
- Loan watch Thiago Berterame keeps scoring at Al-Shabab
- Market Joaquín Stizza placed on the list