The Banfield Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Rodrigo Insúa would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Rodrigo Insúa is living that version at Banfield, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Abraham stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ignacio Abraham and Banfield agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Banfield
Valentín Vada 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
Diego García 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maximiliano Domínguez steps up from the Banfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maximiliano Domínguez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Iván Ferreyra joins the Banfield first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Iván Ferreyra 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
Banfield promote Tomás Blanco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomás Blanco 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leonardo De Luca steps up from the Banfield academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo De Luca has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Santiago López García runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- The dugout Banfield pick somebody else ahead of Valentín Vada
- The dugout No hiding place for Lisandro Piñero
- The dugout Ignacio Abraham asks for a word with the manager