The Banfield Herald
Market19 Jun 2028
Terms done: Gino Santilli is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Rosario Central waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Banfield is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets19 Jun 2028
The paperwork begins on Valentino Simoni
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Banfield have done the hard part with Boca Juniors, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Diego Rodríguez 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 Banfield this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets19 Jun 2028
Banfield rebuffed over Oscar Gonzalez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Godoy Cruz have kept their man, and Banfield go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad19 Jun 2028
Words at Banfield training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Esquivel is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout19 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Santiago Esquivel
“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.
Transfer targets19 Jun 2028
A loan move for Matías Hernández is in the works
Banfield have made the call to San Lorenzo. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout19 Jun 2028
Lautaro Ríos asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market19 Jun 2028
The Lautaro Ríos talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Banfield know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market Lautaro Ríos placed on the list
- The dugout Gino Santilli has been promised minutes
- Market Juan Martínez leaves for nothing