River Plate could consider themselves unfortunate to only earn a point last week against São Paulo but made amends on Tuesday evening in emphatic fashion as Marcelo Gallardo’s side put […]
By Peter Coates “Usually when you’re not training with the first team, the speed is different, but the truth is, he is a kid who was ready for it.” Eventual […]
Peter and Tom are joined by Julio Arca to chat at length about his career. From his beginning with Argentinos Juniors, the under-20 World Cup triumph, his daunting move to […]
It looked as though coronavirus would send October’s World Cup qualifiers the same way as that of the original start date in March or the 2020 Copa América but with […]
After six months without as much as a friendly to prepare Argentinian clubs were thrust back into Copa Libertadores action on Thursday and aside from Tigre’s expected struggles it was […]
By Tom Robinson Arsene Wenger once asserted that “South America is the only continent to develop strikers today”, and the Argentinian Primera has always proved to be a great testing […]
El Semillero del Mundo (The seedbed of the world) reads on a wall at the training ground at Argentinos Juniors. Beneath that in bold, capitalized letters is the name of […]
It may have taken the best part of a year to complete but Minnesota United finally confirmed the signing of Emanuel Reynoso from Boca Juniors. The 24-year-old completed a transfer […]
It was in the Brazilian city of Curitiba around this time last year that Alexis Mac Allister announced himself to the Boca Juniors faithful. A stinging long range effort in […]
By Amit Menon With all top European leagues coming to an end for the 2019-20 season, this will be an unprecedented transfer window with clubs being challenged financially. The potential […]
With Coronavirus still posing a problem to the sporting calendar Peter and Tom discuss how South America has been impacted and when things will return to something like normality. With […]
CSKA Moscow opted for a soap opera style introduction video for their unveiling of Adolfo Gaich and although the ending of this particular transfer saga has been well known for […]
After nine consecutive Serie A titles Juventus’ status at the top of the pile in Italy is not in question but Paulo Dybala named as the league’s Player of the […]
It has been almost two years since Julián Álvarez made his River Plate debut, and while the 20-year-old’s lack of a starting role to date might lead some to think […]
By James Forster The 2019/20 season wasn’t the smoothest for Argentine midfielder Giovani Lo Celso. Brought in at the end of the English transfer window, the 24-year-old not only had […]
By Eduardo Razo When a club in Latin America decides to pay a $15 million transfer fee, they’re expecting a difference-maker. It should be a player that will become a […]
It was after only 450 minutes of first team football with Boca Juniors that Borussia Dortmund swooped for Leonardo Balerdi in January of 2019. An indication of the defender’s talent […]
Consistently one of the best young players in Argentina over the past three seasons, 22-year-old midfielder Matias Zaracho is understandably gaining plenty of attention from across the Atlantic. The local […]
Peter and Tom reconvene for another Argentinian football chat and this time we answer your questions. The rise of Arsenal keeper Emi Martínez, how MLS benefits from Argentine talent, Talleres’ […]
Argentina bid farewell to undoubtedly one of the finest footballers in its history on Friday as Silvio Marzolini passed away at the age of 79. The Boca Juniors legend, who won […]
