The Nacional Sentinel
Market28 Dec 2026
Nacional say no — this time
The offer from Montevideo City Torque for Emiliano de Oliveira was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Nacional
Sebastián Coates 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
La Luz join the queue for Bruno Arady
Add another name to the list: La Luz have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bruno Arady. The answer from Nacional has not changed — yet.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Nicolás Rodríguez 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
Montevideo City Torque are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Nacional will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Baltasar Barcia has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Nacional will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Squad Rodrigo Espalter has had enough of the bench
- Market Ignacio Suárez goes out on loan