The Huachipato Chronicle
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
An offer of $4.0M for Tomás O'Connor
Huachipato have gone to Gimnasia y Esgrima with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market21 Dec 2026
Huachipato say no — this time
The offer from Universidad Catolica for Benjamín Mellado 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.
Market21 Dec 2026
Ezequiel Cañete wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Huachipato
Ezequiel Cañete and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The step up is real for Sebastián Mella
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Claudio Sepúlveda 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.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Door shut on Álvaro Busso
Huachipato asked and Vélez said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Luis Cabrera
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Cabrera, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Huachipato ask about Francisco Gómez
A loan enquiry to Racing Club: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad Brayan Troncoso stays put
- Market The shop window has Lucas Velásquez in it
- Market Huachipato pick up Brayan Troncoso for nothing