Walner Mena

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Nacional
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Marked for Walner Mena

589 Edition

The Nacional Sentinel

9 Nov 2037
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad9 Nov 2037

Lucas Morales breaks a bone — 17 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad9 Nov 2037

Esteban Crucci keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nacional may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad9 Nov 2037

Esteban Obregón signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Esteban Obregón and Nacional agree another 2 years.

In brief

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542 Edition

The Nacional Sentinel

15 Dec 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom15 Dec 2036

Continental nights are coming to Nacional

Qualification is secured, and next season the big floodlit nights are continental ones. For the players it is a stage; for the accounts it is a lifeline; for the supporters it is passports.

Match11 Dec 2036

Nacional come up short in Europe

1‑2 away to the standard of Internacional. Nobody will pretend this was a scandal; the gap is real, it is measurable, and closing it is a project rather than a team talk.

Market15 Dec 2036

Juventud come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Nacional did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad15 Dec 2036

Andrey Fernandes is carrying Nacional

16 goals and a season average of 7.68. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Match15 Dec 2036

Nacional up to position 3

53 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad15 Dec 2036

The season belongs to Esteban Obregón

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Nacional have had the benefit of it.

Market15 Dec 2036

Thiago Olivera asks to leave Nacional

“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.

Match11 Dec 2036

The wait goes on for Nacional

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Boardroom15 Dec 2036

Nacional to lose Walner Mena for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Walner Mena has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

In brief