The Racing Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Racing turn down Breidablik for Álex Vázquez
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Racing sell a favourite for $2.5M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Iván Manzur was one of the reasons people came, and $2.5M does not replace that by itself.
Market10 Aug 2026
Racing sell Iván Manzur for $2.5M
Iván Manzur has left for Getafe in a $2.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Elías Bentancor has agreed to leave Racing for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Federico Varese signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Federico Varese and Racing agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Racing
Bautista Tomatis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sebastian Perez joins the Racing first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sebastian Perez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Racing promote Matias Jimenez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matias Jimenez 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Facundo Parada
18 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
In brief
- Squad No place for William Klingender in the new shape
- Player ratings Axel Atum was unplayable
- Player ratings Álex Vázquez takes the honours