The Talleres Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Talleres turn down Pianese for Lautaro Bursich
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Talleres
Federico Versaci 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pipa joins the Talleres first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pipa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Miguel Acosta joins the Talleres first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Acosta is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talleres promote Mateo Escobar from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo Escobar has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Talleres
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eugenio Olivera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Talleres are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Vélez was the difference for Talleres
Marked 7.29. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Sebastián Gallardo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sebastián Gallardo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Talleres pick somebody else ahead of Milton Cantero
- Match Point won or two lost for Talleres?