The Albion Sentinel
Market18 Oct 2027
Only the photograph left for Renzo Barbieri
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Renzo Barbieri will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Albion the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom18 Oct 2027
Wages eat 133% of everything Albion earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Albion
Tomás Candelaresi 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.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Agustín Pereira asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Benjamín Rojas gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match18 Oct 2027
Albion have something to play for
Position 4 on 40 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
In brief
- Squad “I want to play”: Benjamín Rojas speaks
- Squad Benjamín García has settled at Albion