Manuel Ayala

Striker - Racing
15 Aug 2027
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Marked for Manuel Ayala

52 Edition

The Racing Sentinel

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Jul 2027

A one-man rearguard from Renzo Bacchia

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market26 Jul 2027

Thiago Fernández has said yes to Fenix

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Racing have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market26 Jul 2027

Agustín Kahl puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Racing, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom26 Jul 2027

Window shuts: 0 in, 3 out at Racing

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 0 arrived, 3 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Gerónimo Blanco is a medical away from Racing

The deal with River Plate is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market26 Jul 2027

David Alfaro has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Racing they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market26 Jul 2027

Manuel Ayala’s move to Albion falls through

The deal that would have taken Manuel Ayala to Albion has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Racing with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Racing

Jeremías Merlo 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.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Penarol tell Racing: Juan Moreno is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Racing Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Racing

Axel Atum 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.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Álex Vázquez 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.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Ángel Cayetano stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ángel Cayetano and Racing agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Franco Suárez

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Franco Suárez, and the manager let it.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Franco Suárez wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Racing will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Sebastián da Silva has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Sebastián da Silva has written the date down.

In brief

3 Edition

The Racing Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Alexander Hernández

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match15 Aug 2026

Racing bow out of the cup

Boston River go through and Racing go home, 1‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Federico Varese keeps Racing in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match15 Aug 2026

4 matches without a win for Racing

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Racing are no longer polite ones.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Racing

Bautista Tomatis 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Both jobs done by Tomás Habib — 7.50

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 10 actions, 7.50, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Half-satisfied: Marcelo Mendez on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Manuel Ayala

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Manuel Ayala, and the manager let it.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Facundo González dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief