The Sarmiento Herald
Market10 Jan 2028
Jhon Renteria asks to leave Sarmiento
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Agustín Ávalos Molina stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Ávalos Molina and Sarmiento agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Sarmiento
Mauricio Martínez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
Still nobody in the Sarmiento dugout
9 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Agustín Ávalos Molina knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Agustín Ávalos Molina trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad10 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Thyago Ayala
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thyago Ayala, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Marco Lambert in it
- Market Pablo Magnín leaves for nothing
- Market Yair Arismendi leaves for nothing