The Cesar Vallejo Sentinel
Squad2 Nov 2026
29 days out for Joazhiño Arroé after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Cesar Vallejo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Cesar Vallejo
Jorge Bosmediano 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Cesar Vallejo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Carlos Beltrán was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Carlos Beltrán
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Carlos Beltrán, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Jeisson is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Jeisson has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Market2 Nov 2026
Cesar Vallejo and Fernando Da Rosa are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- The dugout Santiago Barrera has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Angel Romero