The Arsenal Chronicle
Market13 Nov 2028
Matteo Trombini 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 Arsenal can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Damián Pérez is slowing down
At 39, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Squad13 Nov 2028
A row about effort at Arsenal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Federico Álvarez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad13 Nov 2028
A falling-out at Arsenal
Diego Zumbo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad13 Nov 2028
Arsenal lose Guapo
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
No hiding place for Raúl Costa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Raúl Costa, and the manager let it.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
Ramiro Cáceres gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Ramiro Cáceres is on it.
Market13 Nov 2028
The Nahuel Pezzini story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nahuel Pezzini signs something — a contract at Arsenal or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout13 Nov 2028
Ignacio Bertone knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Arsenal, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout Matteo Trombini keeps his manager's vote
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Matías Lucero at Persebaya