Facundo Varela

Attacking Midfielder (R) - San Telmo U18
3 May 2029
Thursday
Process

Marked for Facundo Varela

80 Edition

The San Telmo Gazette

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for San Telmo

Beaten 0‑4 by Gimnasia y Esgrima, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Match

No end in sight to San Telmo's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at San Telmo has to find a result from somewhere.

The dugout

Alexis Orellano frozen out at San Telmo

This is not rotation. Alexis Orellano has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at San Telmo is pretending otherwise.

Boardroom

Graduation day at San Telmo

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.

Match

3 matches without a goal for San Telmo

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Transfer targets

Colegiales tell San Telmo: Mauricio Camargo is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Bautista Gutiérrez steps up from the San Telmo academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bautista Gutiérrez 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.

Market

San Telmo promote Juan Manuel Luna from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Manuel Luna 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.

Market

Facundo Varela steps up from the San Telmo academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Facundo Varela 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