Tanque

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
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387 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

26 Dec 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets26 Dec 2033

The paperwork begins on Gael Torres

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Estudiantes have done the hard part with Racing Club, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad26 Dec 2033

Federico Sena 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 Estudiantes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Dec 2033

Estudiantes count the cost of losing Fernando Paz

24 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Transfer targets26 Dec 2033

Estudiantes rebuffed over Wilmar Cordoba

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Arsenal have kept their man, and Estudiantes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout26 Dec 2033

Juan Maone is still paying for one afternoon at Estudiantes

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Transfer targets26 Dec 2033

Estudiantes ask about Maximiliano Flores

A loan enquiry to Argentino de Quilmes: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout26 Dec 2033

No hiding place for Andrés Lucero

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrés Lucero, and the manager let it.

Market26 Dec 2033

The Juan Maone talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Estudiantes know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout26 Dec 2033

Sebastián López knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Sebastián López trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

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384 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

5 Dec 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom5 Dec 2033

Interim Coach has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Estudiantes can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Boardroom5 Dec 2033

Emergency meeting at Estudiantes

The whole football department in one room on a weekday morning. Nothing was announced afterwards, which is what a board announces when it has run out of patience.

Market5 Dec 2033

Tanque asks to leave Estudiantes

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets5 Dec 2033

The paperwork begins on Iván Rodríguez

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Estudiantes have done the hard part with Villa Dálmine, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad5 Dec 2033

Tempers go at Estudiantes

Federico Sena 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.

Squad5 Dec 2033

The decline has begun for Franco Quinteros

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 35 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Estudiantes is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Transfer targets5 Dec 2033

Estudiantes rebuffed over Benicio Paz

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Comunicaciones have kept their man, and Estudiantes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom5 Dec 2033

Estudiantes can only buy what they sell

Nobody has barred the club from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every incoming name comes with an outgoing one attached.

Market5 Dec 2033

The Facundo Ardiles talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Estudiantes know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief