The Gimnasia y Esgrima Herald
Squad14 Dec 2026
Francisco Molina breaks a bone — 98 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 98 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market14 Dec 2026
Defensores come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Gimnasia y Esgrima did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad14 Dec 2026
David Gallardo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Federico Paradela
“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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
David Gallardo 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Manuel Severich is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gimnasia y Esgrima has been clear about where Manuel Severich stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market14 Dec 2026
The David Gallardo story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until David Gallardo signs something — a contract at Gimnasia y Esgrima or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Matías Ramos Mingo has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Matías Ramos Mingo has written the date down.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Questions about Pipe on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Fernando Suárez
- Squad Welcome back, Martín Lazarte