The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel
Squad20 Dec 2027
Manuel Páez 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 Atletico Venezuela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Reniel Mendoza 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.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Ongelethu Somtsewu stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ongelethu Somtsewu and Atletico Venezuela agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch20 Dec 2027
Victor Rincon has seen enough of St. Louis CITY SC
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Atletico Venezuela, and 4 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Alejandro Giménez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Atletico Venezuela 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.
Market20 Dec 2027
Talks stall between Atletico Venezuela and Ongelethu Somtsewu
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market Ongelethu Somtsewu joins Atletico Venezuela on a free
- Market Fernando Rincon leaves for nothing
- Market Andres Ramirez leaves for nothing