Madelón’s new Unión: pre-season starts with a 32-man core | OneFootball

Madelón formally took charge of the tactical side at the Casa Unión complex after renewing his contract. With a squad notably reshaped following a mass exodus of players, he began preseason work ahead of a demanding second half of the year.

Unión ushered in a new institutional and sporting era. At Casa Unión, Leonardo Madelón led the professional squad’s return to training. The coaching staff approached the first day of activities with a clear outlook: to shape the identity of a team that is in the midst of a full reconfiguration process.

The return to training was marked by the usual rigorous physical and medical tests, but above all by the new map of players available. The club’s leadership and the coach are working against the clock in a transfer market that demands precision to make up for the significant number of departures recorded in recent weeks.

The challenge of rebuilding the lines

With a total of 32 players present at the training ground — featuring a strong mix of experienced leaders and a large core of youngsters promoted from the academy — Madelón began laying down his first tactical guidelines. The coach knows that the absolute priority of this preseason will be to blend the pieces together and find solid collective functioning before official competition resumes.

The list of players called up for the start of training reflected the presence of high-profile names such as brothers Bruno and Mauro Pittón, Franco Fragapane, Lucas Menossi, Augusto Solari and Cristian Tarragona, who are emerging as the key pillars on which the coaching staff will seek to build the team’s new framework.

Work schedule and the market in focus

The coaching staff drew up a plan that will progressively intensify the physical workload over the coming days in the city of Santa Fe. While the squad works on the pitch, the Football Council and Madelón himself continue to evaluate options in the transfer market in order to secure specific signings that will reinforce key positions ahead of the restart of the competition.

The full list of 32 players

– AGUIRRE, Misael – AYALA, Lucas – CERRUDO, Valentín – CHÁVEZ, Agustín – COLAZO, Agustín – CUELLO, Brahian – DEL BLANCO, Mateo – DÍAZ, Diego – ESTIGARRIBIA, Marcelo – FAGIOLI, Tomás – FASCENDINI, Valentín – FRAGAPANE, Franco – GIACCONE, Emilio – GOMES GERTH, Federico – GRELLA, Santiago – LUDUEÑA, Juan Pablo – MANSILLA, Matías – MENOSSI, Lucas – MEULI, Lucas – PALACIOS, Julián – PAZ, Nicolás – PEDANO, Ignacio – PITTÓN, Bruno – PITTÓN, Mauro – PROFINI, Rafael – PUMPIDO, Francisco – RATOTTI, Franco – RODRÍGUEZ, Maizon – SOLARI, Augusto – TARRAGONA, Cristian – VARGAS, Lautaro

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