The Alianza Atletico Sentinel
Market28 Dec 2026
José Villegas asks to leave Alianza Atletico
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Tomás Parmo will not be coming to Alianza Atletico
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Independiente is saying, and nobody at Alianza Atletico is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Alianza Atletico rebuffed over Juan José Cardozo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Argentinos Juniors have kept their man, and Alianza Atletico go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Alianza Atletico
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthony Gordillo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Alianza Atletico
Guillermo Larios and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets28 Dec 2026
Alianza Atletico try to borrow Valentín Fascendini
Talleres have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
When it matters, Cristian Penilla plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Jesús Mendieta asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
The manager comes out for Carlos Uribe
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Carlos Uribe has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad José Luján is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Roberto Carrillo is fit again