The Independiente Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Ignacio Pussetto asks to leave Independiente
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Independiente say no — this time
The offer from Osasuna for Thiago Alvez 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Santiago Arias wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Independiente hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Santiago Arias signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Santiago Arias commits to Independiente for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Santiago Arias 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 Independiente this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
One of those days for Ignacio Malcorra
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Gabriel Ávalos
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Ávalos, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Independiente and Kevin Lomónaco
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Independiente, another week without a signature from Kevin Lomónaco.
Match1 Aug 2026
Independiente share the spoils with Instituto
A 1‑1 draw with Instituto leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Squad Kevin Lomónaco knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Santiago Montiel runs at them all day
- The terraces The press have found their man in Ignacio Malcorra