The Colón Post
Squad2 Feb 2032
Nicolás Talpone stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolás Talpone and Colón agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
6 academy graduates step up at Colón
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad2 Feb 2032
Words at Colón training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gastón Novero is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market2 Feb 2032
One of our own: Nacho joins the Colón first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nacho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Feb 2032
Colón promote Cóndor from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cóndor 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.
Market2 Feb 2032
One of our own: Emiliano Gómez joins the Colón first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emiliano Gómez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Feb 2032
Benicio Muñoz steps up from the Colón academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benicio Muñoz 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.
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
Colón say no to the training-ground money
The plan went upstairs and came back down. Nothing about that will make a headline anywhere else, and everybody who works at the training ground will remember it for years.
Looking ahead2 Feb 2032
Nicolás Talpone faces his old club
Agropecuario Argentino next, and one man in the Colón dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- The dugout Hirving Ramirez asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom The Colón production line keeps running
- Squad Questions about Joni Raitala on the training pitch