The Talleres Herald
Market7 Feb 2028
Santino Barbi says no to Dinamo Tbilisi
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Santino Barbi had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market7 Feb 2028
Emiliano Chiavassa hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Talleres can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Nahuel Manganelli says Talleres went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Talleres
Augusto Schott 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Talleres
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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Talleres
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Diego Valoyes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market7 Feb 2028
Dinamo Tbilisi join the queue for Nahuel Manganelli
Add another name to the list: Dinamo Tbilisi have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Nahuel Manganelli. The answer from Talleres has not changed — yet.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Diego Valoyes was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market7 Feb 2028
Talleres promote Russo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Russo 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.
In brief
- Match Talleres come up short against Platense
- Boardroom Talleres let a promise lapse
- Squad Emanuel Reynoso is no longer first choice