The Nacional Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
Santiago Rojas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Santiago Rojas and Nacional agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Nacional
Fernando Díaz 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Nacional
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro Samudio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nacional and Orlando Gaona Lugo are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Josué Colmán
Still no offer on the table, and Josué Colmán’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Nacional
13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout Richard Prieto asks for a word with the manager
- Market The clock does Richard Prieto’s negotiating for him
- Market Nacional put Hernán Domínguez up for sale