The Metropolitanos Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
95 days out for Yhonatann Yustiz after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Metropolitanos will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Kevin De La Hoz says Metropolitanos 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Sneider Navarro asks to leave Metropolitanos
“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.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Juan Manuel Rengifo, 21, steals the show — 7.91
Marked 7.91 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
The paperwork begins on Bruno Miño
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Metropolitanos have done the hard part with Almirante Brown, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Metropolitanos
Andrés Ferro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Metropolitanos
4 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.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Boca Juniors tell Metropolitanos: Rodrigo Bacidalupe is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
Metropolitanos supporters have found a favourite in Juan Manuel Rengifo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Juan Manuel Rengifo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Fernando Ferraresi joins the Metropolitanos first team
- Market Andres Ramirez steps up from the Metropolitanos academy
- Market Metropolitanos promote Francisco Savarino from within