The Newell's Old Boys Herald
Squad8 Feb 2027
Michael Hoyos breaks a bone — 92 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 92 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Luciano Herrera
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Valentino Acuña, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.86
A mark of 7.86 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Michael Hoyos 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 Newell's Old Boys this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Newell's Old Boys
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match6 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Newell's Old Boys against Instituto
1‑2 to Instituto, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Gabriel Arias 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Lucas Moretti steps up from the Newell's Old Boys academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Moretti 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Guerrero joins the Newell's Old Boys first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guerrero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Juan Navarro steps up from the Newell's Old Boys academy
- Market One of our own: Noah Suárez joins the Newell's Old Boys first team
- Boardroom Inquest at Newell's Old Boys