The Instituto Chronicle
Market21 Dec 2026
Instituto say no — this time
The offer from Universidad de Chile for Hernán de la Fuente 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Franco Jara is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Instituto will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Market21 Dec 2026
Augusto Coronel puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Instituto, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Marco Pellegrino due for a Instituto medical
Everything agreed with Boca Juniors, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Real improvement from Nahuel Olmedo at Instituto
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nahuel Olmedo is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market21 Dec 2026
Business is business: Facundo Suárez goes
Racing Club paid $360.0K and Instituto took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Instituto rebuffed over Francisco Ortega
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. River Plate have kept their man, and Instituto go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market21 Dec 2026
Atenas join the queue for Emanuel Sittaro
Add another name to the list: Atenas have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Emanuel Sittaro. The answer from Instituto has not changed — yet.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Instituto
Luca Raffaelli and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Transfer targets Instituto try to borrow Tomás Belmonte
- The dugout Juan Ignacio Méndez asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager makes Matías Tissera a promise