Marked for Bautista García
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Dec 2026
Argentinos Juniors paid $1.3M and Estudiantes took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Gabriel Alanís and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bautista García commits to Estudiantes for another 3 years.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás González 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 dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Mauro Molina
“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.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Tomás González out for 114 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Estudiantes will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer from Albacete for Martín Garnerone 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Morelia had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Estudiantes can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Alanís 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Estudiantes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agustín Lastra 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Argentinos Juniors left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Agustín Lastra
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bautista García is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.