The Argentinos Juniors Herald
Squad15 Nov 2027
Santino Ortiz damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
Erik Godoy: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Argentinos Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
Joaquín Ardaiz keeps scoring at Defensores
34 appearances away from home and 25 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market15 Nov 2027
Javier Cabrera 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 Argentinos Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
20 goals on loan for Yair González
26 appearances at Boston River and the goals keep coming. Argentinos Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Lucas Chaves out for 67 days
The medical room confirms 67 days on the sidelines for Lucas Chaves, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Nicolás Oroz 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 Argentinos Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Words at Argentinos Juniors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Godoy 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.
Market15 Nov 2027
Facundo Peralta steps up from the Argentinos Juniors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Peralta 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.
In brief
- Market Argentinos Juniors promote Valentín Alonso from within
- Market Argentinos Juniors promote Nicolás Marino from within
- The dugout Sebastián Prieto knocks on the manager's door