The Newell's Old Boys Herald
Squad7 Dec 2026
Gabriel Arias breaks a bone — 156 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 156 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
Newell's Old Boys agree $4.7M for Tomás Galván
The clubs have shaken hands with River Plate; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Luca Regiardo says Newell's Old Boys went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
Door shut on Francisco González Metilli
Newell's Old Boys asked and Belgrano said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
Newell's Old Boys bid $2.0M for Alexis Steimbach
The offer went to Gimnasia La Plata this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market7 Dec 2026
Rodrigo Leiva 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 The request is on a desk at Newell's Old Boys, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Dec 2026
David Sotelo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Newell's Old Boys they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Newell's Old Boys training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Walter Mazzantti 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.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Walter Mazzantti is still paying for one afternoon at Newell's Old Boys
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
In brief
- Squad Matías Cóccaro is no longer first choice
- The dugout No hiding place for Jorge Ortega
- Squad No place for Lautaro Rivero in the new shape