Leonardo Vidal

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Process

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The Patronato Chronicle

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Matías Ramírez asks to leave Patronato

“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.

The dugout

Enzo Galli frozen out at Patronato

This is not rotation. Enzo Galli has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Patronato is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets

Gerardo Díaz turns down Patronato

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: San Martín SJ keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

A row about effort at Patronato

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Federico Bravo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Door shut on David Fernández

Patronato asked and Unión de Santa Fe said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Enzo Galli is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Patronato has been clear about where Enzo Galli stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Words exchanged at Patronato

Agustín Sciaroni 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Alexander Aguayo Figueredo

“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.

Squad

Leonardo Vidal signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Leonardo Vidal and Patronato agree another 3 years.

In brief

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112 Edition

The Patronato Chronicle

18 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Víctor López keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Patronato may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

The dugout

Maximiliano Rueda frozen out at Patronato

This is not rotation. Maximiliano Rueda has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Patronato is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Valentin Pereyra 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 Patronato this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Patronato

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Federico Bravo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

Gabriel Lombardi steps up from the Patronato academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Lombardi 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

Patronato promote Daniel Ortiz from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Ortiz 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

One of our own: Cóndor joins the Patronato first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Cóndor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Leonardo Vidal joins the Patronato first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leonardo Vidal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Nicolás Villalba

“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.

In brief