Justin Prada

Central Defender - Free Agent
25 May 2030
Saturday
Process

Marked for Justin Prada

147 Edition

The Aldosivi Sentinel

21 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Aldosivi

Beaten 0‑3 by Rosario Central, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Market

Emanuel Sittaro 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 The request is on a desk at Aldosivi, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Elías López was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

A row about effort at Aldosivi

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Natan Acosta was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Words exchanged at Aldosivi

Lucas Acosta and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

Nicolás Zalazar 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.

Boardroom

Inquest at Aldosivi

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑3 Gustavo Morales left the room before anybody could ask which.

Market

Justin Prada is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Aldosivi has been clear about where Justin Prada stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

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126 Edition

The Aldosivi Sentinel

25 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Aldosivi

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

The terraces

Supporters organise against the Aldosivi board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Market

Tomás Fernández hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aldosivi can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

54 days out for Gael De Luca after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Aldosivi will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Eyes on Lucas Acosta again

The phone has started ringing about Lucas Acosta again, and this time the name on the line is Ferrocarril Midland. Aldosivi are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tempers go at Aldosivi

Lucas Acosta 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 targets

Aldosivi rebuffed over Sebastián Meza

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Huracán have kept their man, and Aldosivi go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A row about effort at Aldosivi

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Laureano Rodríguez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Juan Saborido is in the works

Aldosivi have made the call to River Plate. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief

125 Edition

The Aldosivi Sentinel

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Terms done: Matías Fonseca is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Deportivo La Guaira waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Aldosivi is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Gabriel Paredes hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Aldosivi can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout

Justin Prada keeps the receipts

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

Market

Aldosivi turn down Deportivo Armenio for Julián Vivas

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Valentín Moreno

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Aldosivi have done the hard part with Cosenza, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Lucas Acosta in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aldosivi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

Matías Morello frozen out at Aldosivi

This is not rotation. Matías Morello has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Aldosivi is pretending otherwise.

Squad

A row about effort at Aldosivi

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Elías López was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

River Plate tell Aldosivi: Aníbal 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