The Superliga continued on Friday with four matches, the most notable of which saw league leaders Boca Juniors take full advantage of San Lorenzo's loss on Friday to move six points clear with a 2-0 win over Colón. Prior to that, Newell's Old Boys left it late against Arsenal de Sarandí, and Gabriel Heinze's time... Continue Reading →
Top five signings from Argentina’s summer transfer window
The blinds were lowered and the curtains drawn on Argentina's summer transfer window on Thursday night, and plenty of clubs were active right up to the last minute. As I outlined here a few days ago, some clubs (San Lorenzo especially) seem to be putting faith in the squads which got them through the first... Continue Reading →
For ESPNFC: five reasons behind Boca Juniors’ title win
With the Argentine Primera División season over, I wrote an article this week for ESPNFC looking at some of the main factors in Boca Juniors' title victory, from the personality of their sometimes embattled manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto to the potency of their front three, and how it helped them recover from the blow of Carlos... Continue Reading →
Carlos Tevez returns to Boca Juniors in transfer coup of the Argentine winter
As you've probably heard, shortly before Argentina's Copa América quarter-final against Colombia on Friday, Boca Juniors announced the return to the club of Carlos Tevez. I've written a piece for ESPNFC on how Tevez's return both fits with a trend of Argentine players coming back to their roots and, at the same time, bucks that trend... Continue Reading →
Tevez’s exclusion, and why Argentina won’t miss him at the World Cup
With the World Cup just around the corner, ESPNFC are ramping up coverage of each of the national teams, and you'll find their homepage for all 32 blogs here. I'm playing my part in writing for their Argentina team blog, of course, and following Tuesday's 30-man longlist announcement, I've written a piece for them on why... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 