The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle
Market7 Feb 2028
Tomás Bustos puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Atlético Tucumán, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Atlético Tucumán
Leandro Díaz 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.
Player ratings7 Feb 2028
Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Atlético Tucumán
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 Atlético Tucumán
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ramiro Ruiz Rodríguez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Gonzalo Gómez will join Atlético Tucumán for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Gonzalo Gómez has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Atlético Tucumán have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
No hiding place for Gianluca Ferrari
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gianluca Ferrari, and the manager let it.
Market7 Feb 2028
Atlético Tucumán promote Valentín Castro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valentín Castro 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Andrés Alonso joins the Atlético Tucumán first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrés Alonso 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 Raúl Rodríguez steps up from the Atlético Tucumán academy
- Boardroom Atlético Tucumán let a promise lapse
- Loan watch Thiago Delgado has seen enough of Floresta