The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle
Market25 Jan 2027
Atlético Tucumán say no — this time
The offer from Elche for Tomás Durso 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Carlos Abeldaño turns Ankaragucu down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Cristian Menéndez says Atlético Tucumán 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Atlético Tucumán
Leandro Díaz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Martín Paz 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Cristian Menéndez told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Cristian Menéndez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Atlético Tucumán.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Leandro Olima
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Leandro Olima, and the manager let it.
Market25 Jan 2027
The Gianluca Ferrari question follows Atlético Tucumán around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Gianluca Ferrari’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
When it matters, Martín Ortega plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Martín Ortega speaks
- The dugout Alexis Canelo knocks on the manager's door
- Squad The training reports on Luciano Vallejo are not good