The Alianza Lima Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Alianza Lima say no — this time
The offer from Zurich for Federico Girotti was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Federico Girotti stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Federico Girotti and Alianza Lima agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Alianza Lima
Luis Advíncula 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Josué Estrada wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jairo Vélez 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
11 new faces, and Alianza Lima are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Alianza Lima on Luis Gallese
- Market A long bet from Alianza Lima on Gabriel Mora