The Gimnasia La Plata Gazette
Squad19 Jun 2028
Santiago Vera says Gimnasia La Plata 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.
Market19 Jun 2028
Bautista Barros Schelotto has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gimnasia La Plata they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Lautaro Guzmán 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 Gimnasia La Plata this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Juan Pintado 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.
Squad19 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Alexis Steimbach
“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.
Market19 Jun 2028
Leonel Galeano is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gimnasia La Plata has been clear about where Leonel Galeano stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Augusto Max in it
- Market Diego Peralta leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Gimnasia La Plata production line keeps running