The Platense Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Platense turn down Omonoia for Augusto Lotti
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Vázquez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ignacio Vázquez commits to Platense for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nico López in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Platense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jorge Suárez joins the Platense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jorge Suárez 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
One of our own: Colo joins the Platense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Colo 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
Platense promote Liam Aguirre from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Aguirre 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
Gastón Togni was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Platense
18 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ignacio Vázquez 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.
In brief
- The dugout The form table has caught Tomás Silva
- The dugout Facundo Romero: “We have to be better”
- Squad Nicolás Ortiz falls out with a teammate over standards