The Olimpia Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Maccabi Tel Aviv come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Olimpia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gastón Olveira signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gastón Olveira and Olimpia agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gastón Olveira 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 Olimpia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gastón Olveira gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Olimpia may not be able to give Gustavo Vargas what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Gustavo Vargas wants continental football; whether Olimpia can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
13 new faces, and Olimpia are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Market Olimpia sign Adrian Alderete, one for the future
- Market Olimpia buy the years ahead of Santiago Almiron