The Gimnasia y Tiro Sentinel
Market10 Jan 2028
Gimnasia y Tiro turn down Altamura for Felipe Karabulut
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Bautista Plaza stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bautista Plaza and Gimnasia y Tiro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Gimnasia y Tiro
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Manuel Guanini was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Gimnasia y Esgrima tell Gimnasia y Tiro: Felipe San Juan is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Jan 2028
A stepping stone, not a home, for Nahuel Dughera
He is doing his job and he is not settling. Gimnasia y Tiro were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Gimnasia y Tiro count the cost of losing Pedro Suárez
45 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Nahuel Dughera is a square peg at Gimnasia y Tiro
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Rodrigo Sosa 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.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Tiago Banega 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.
In brief
- Market Nahuel Dughera joins Gimnasia y Tiro to strengthen the squad
- The dugout Emiliano Navas gets picked when it counts
- Match Continental football is in reach for Gimnasia y Tiro