The Metropolitanos Sentinel
Market22 Jan 2029
Andrés Ferro 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.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
Francisco La Mantia: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Metropolitanos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match20 Jan 2029
The wait goes on for Metropolitanos
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Metropolitanos
José Riasco 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.
Transfer targets22 Jan 2029
Too dear: Metropolitanos walk away from Osnel García
$130.0K was the most the club would pay and Estudiantes de Merida were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Metropolitanos
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market22 Jan 2029
One of our own: Juan Rondon joins the Metropolitanos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Rondon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Jan 2029
Metropolitanos promote Carlos Murillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Murillo 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Metropolitanos promote Darwin Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darwin Arango 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Metropolitanos let a promise lapse
- Player ratings Saimon Ramírez beats them one at a time
- Player ratings Jean Franco Fuentes was the difference for Metropolitanos