Pipe

Goalkeeper - Estudiantes
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Marked for Pipe

279 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

1 Dec 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market1 Dec 2031

Valentín Gómez asks to leave Estudiantes

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad1 Dec 2031

Words exchanged at Estudiantes

Brian Farioli and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad1 Dec 2031

Pipe signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pipe commits to Estudiantes for another 3 years.

The dugout1 Dec 2031

The manager makes an example of Enzo Cohen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market1 Dec 2031

The Facundo Ardiles story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Facundo Ardiles signs something — a contract at Estudiantes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad1 Dec 2031

“I want to play”: Matías Lombardi speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

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278 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

24 Nov 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad24 Nov 2031

Tempers go at Estudiantes

Brian Farioli 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.

Boardroom24 Nov 2031

Wages swallow 111% of the Estudiantes income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Boardroom24 Nov 2031

Belts tighten at Estudiantes

The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.

The dugout24 Nov 2031

Alejandro Gutiérrez gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market24 Nov 2031

The Franco Quinteros story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Franco Quinteros signs something — a contract at Estudiantes or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout24 Nov 2031

Alejandro Ibáñez gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Alejandro Ibáñez is on it.

Squad24 Nov 2031

Fernando Miranda has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Estudiantes will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

The dugout24 Nov 2031

Fernando Núñez asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad24 Nov 2031

Setback for Mago

The comeback date has moved again: another 3 days for Mago, and a schedule the medical staff have stopped putting in writing.

In brief

  • The dugout Valentín Gómez keeps his manager's vote
  • Squad Questions about Pipe on the training pitch
231 Edition

The Estudiantes Chronicle

30 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad30 Dec 2030

103 days out for Facundo Castelli after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Estudiantes will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market30 Dec 2030

Segundo Fernández 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 Estudiantes, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market30 Dec 2030

Terms done: Gabriel Romano is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and San Miguel waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Estudiantes is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad30 Dec 2030

Tempers go at Estudiantes

Brian Farioli 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.

Transfer targets30 Dec 2030

Estudiantes rebuffed over Gregorio Rufino

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Central Córdoba SdE have kept their man, and Estudiantes go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets30 Dec 2030

A loan move for Dylan Toranzo is in the works

Estudiantes have made the call to Barracas Central. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief