Argentina have called up River Plate midfielder and veteran of the 2014 World Cup campaign Enzo Pérez as a replacement for the injured Manuel Lanzini. Lanzini ruptured the anterior cruciate […]
Championship club Norwich City have completed a somewhat surprise transfer bringing Argentinian forward Emiliano Buendía to Carrow Road for a fee of around £1.5 million. The 21-year-old leaves Getafe, where […]
The need to cash-in on young stars early in their careers means Argentine clubs in the modern era rarely get to see the most of their prodigious talents. Argentina’s loss […]
Argentina’s World Cup preparations have taken a further blow with the news that midfielder Manuel Lanzini has suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury in training and will miss the […]
Guido Pizarro’s short stint in Europe has come to an end with former club Tigres stumping up €8.7 million to bring the combative midfielder back to the Estadio Universitario. The 28-year-old spent […]
For a nation well used to shipping out talents yet to even leave their teenage years, it seems odd for the jury to still be out on Argentian striker Facundo […]
The decision to accept a friendly against Israel in Jerusalem was always questionable but only three days before Argentina were due to play their final World Cup warm-up game, Jorge […]
The Argentine Football Association’s (AFA) decision to travel to take the national team to Jerusalem for the last World Cup warm-up game against Israel always looked like an odd decision […]
Jimmy Lee returns to take a look at a new generation of Argentina stars who appear to making the crucial step of earning Lionel Messi’s trust… Over the years, a […]
by Daniel Fraiz-Martinez Stranger than fiction. Possibly the best way to describe a potential Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds United. Although that would probably be just a drop in ocean of the many […]
There was no shortage of tantalising fixtures in the draw for the last 16 of this year’s Copa Libertadores but the undoubted heavyweight contest as far as Argentina’s interest is […]
After suffering defeat in Junín a tight second leg was expected in Tucumán on Sunday but San Martín put five past beleaguered Sarmiento to seal a return to the Primera […]
By Youssef Amin Lionel Messi is undisputedly the best player in the world right now, and arguably the greatest of all time. The man who all of Argentina’s hopes rest […]
With Belgrano opting to replace Pablo Lavallén with the still unproven Lucas Bernardi, Jimmy Lee shares the concerns of supporters ahead of such an important season… On Thursday evening, Belgrano de […]
It’s perhaps difficult to read too much into Argentina’s straight-forward 4-0 win over Haiti, but as La Albiceleste jet off to Barcelona to complete World Cup preparations, here are a […]
Not much could be garnered from Argentina’s comfortable 4-0 win over the limited opposition that Haiti offered at La Bombonera on Tuesday but as ever Lionel Messi was the inspiration. […]
After Cristian Pavón’s impressive display from the bench against Haiti, Jimmy Lee returns to Golazo to suggest that the Boca youngster is ready to supplant Ángel Di María in Argentina’s starting […]
“We’re not going as favourites but will give it our all,” Messi said after scoring a sixth international hat-trick of his career in Argentina’s routine farewell friendly win over Haiti. […]
It isn’t strange for Argentina to face weaker opponents in their final friendly on home soil before a World Cup and while the supporters in La Bombonera will be eager […]
By Youssef Amin Argentina’s embarrassment of riches in the striker positions are well documented. Sergio Agüero, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paulo Dybala, Mauro Icardi and Lautaro Martínez. Most countries would love to […]
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