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Rosario Central announce Ariel Holan will not stay on as manager
Dec 11 2025 17:16 · By onefootball.com · 82 Reads
In a surprising turn of events, a bombshell shook Argentine football: Rosario Central announced that Ariel Holan will not continue as the club’s coach in 2026. Thus, with a brief statement and assuring that it was “on good terms,” the Canalla is left without a manager after a great campaign and the title obtained for being the champion of the annual table.
The news surprised both insiders and outsiders, given that nothing seemed to indicate that Holan would not continue leading the team in the upcoming season. However, the club and the coach had to reach an agreement on his renewal, since his contract was set to expire at the end of the year. There, delays and obstacles arose when trying to agree on certain terms, especially regarding the sporting project for the Copa Libertadores, something that may have led to Holan’s departure.
“Both parties decided today, by mutual agreement and on good terms, to end the relationship that was set to expire at the end of the year. Coach, thank you for the title, your name is now part of Central’s history. The club’s doors will always remain open to you,” reads the brief statement with which the Canalla announced the news.
The delays were such that even some players, whose contracts were ending at the end of the year, had not even been approached regarding their continuity in 2026—a clear sign that not everything had been resolved with the coach.
Now, Central will have to go to the market to look for a new coach, a scenario that was not expected at all after the way the year ended. Although the defeat in the round of 16 of the Torneo Clausura against Estudiantes left a bitter taste for Canalla fans, the truth is that the Rosario side had a great campaign during 2025, being proclaimed champions by the AFA after finishing first in the Annual Table of the Professional League—a title that generated controversy in Argentine football.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.