The Argentino de Merlo Gazette
Squad7 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Fernando Maldonado
75 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Argentino de Merlo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Joel Ortiz: 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.” Argentino de Merlo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match5 Feb 2028
7 matches without a win for Argentino de Merlo
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Argentino de Merlo are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Feb 2028
Bruno Maceri 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 The request is on a desk at Argentino de Merlo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets7 Feb 2028
Bautista Peres is a medical away from Argentino de Merlo
The deal with Unión de Santa Fe is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Argentino de Merlo
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
Gastón Sauro signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gastón Sauro and Argentino de Merlo agree another 1 years.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Argentino de Merlo
Lucas Villarruel 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Mario Correa joins the Argentino de Merlo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mario Correa 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 Hernán Ibáñez steps up from the Argentino de Merlo academy
- Market One of our own: Juan Otero joins the Argentino de Merlo first team
- Squad A row about effort at Argentino de Merlo