The Monagas Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Alberson Rodríguez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Monagas they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Alberson Rodríguez signs for UCV while still at Monagas
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Alberson Rodríguez has agreed terms with UCV for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Monagas
Iván Anderson 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Monagas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felipe Jaramillo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Agustín Bianciotti will join Monagas for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Agustín Bianciotti has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Monagas have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Aug 2026
Monagas promote Luis Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Arango has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Monagas promote Sergio Savarino from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Savarino has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alejandro Arango joins the Monagas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Arango is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Diego Castillo is a square peg at Monagas
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- The dugout Jesús Paz gets it from the manager
- Squad Sergio Savarino, 14, gets his chance