The Sarmiento Herald
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Tiziano Delias says Sarmiento went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Jhon Renteria
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jhon Renteria will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sarmiento the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Sarmiento
Carlos Villalba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market7 Feb 2028
As if he never left: Hans Salinas returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Hans Salinas is a Sarmiento player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Sarmiento
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Mauricio Martínez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match5 Feb 2028
Belgrano take the points off Sarmiento
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Mauricio Martínez 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Eduardo Sosa steps up from the Sarmiento academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduardo Sosa 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.
In brief
- Market Sarmiento promote Benjamín Castillo from within
- Boardroom Sarmiento let a promise lapse
- Squad Hans Salinas stays put