The Sarmiento Herald
Boardroom21 Dec 2026
Sarmiento are in Europe
Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.
Market21 Dec 2026
Thyago Ayala hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sarmiento can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Dec 2026
Business is business: Tomás Guiacobini goes
Lanús paid $350.0K and Sarmiento took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Sarmiento
Manuel García 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Gabriel Díaz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gabriel Díaz, and the manager let it.
Market21 Dec 2026
Joaquín Vidal steps up from the Sarmiento academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joaquín Vidal has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market21 Dec 2026
Chavo steps up from the Sarmiento academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Chavo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Sarmiento training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yair Arismendi 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.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
The manager makes Junior Marabel a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Sarmiento. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- The dugout Joel Godoy knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad An empty peg next to Joel Godoy
- Squad The penny has dropped for Santiago Salle