The Nacional Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Nacional turn down Alashkert for Ignacio Bailone
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Nacional
Santiago Rojas and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nacional may not be able to give Richard Prieto what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Richard Prieto wants continental football; whether Nacional can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jorge Martinez joins the Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nacional promote Cristian Balbuena from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristian Balbuena has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Samudio falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout Alejandro Samudio gets it from the manager
- The dugout Richard Prieto knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Alejandro Samudio still has not settled
- Squad Fernando Díaz has company in his position