The Metropolitanos Sentinel
Market19 Oct 2026
Diego Reyes puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Metropolitanos, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Alexis Rodríguez is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Metropolitanos
Francisco Manenti 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The decline has begun for Ely Valderrey
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 40 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Metropolitanos is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Metropolitanos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and George Ayine was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Andrés Ferro is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- The dugout Marlon Díaz has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout The manager makes Jeizon Ramírez Chacón a promise
- Market The clock does Agustín Bianciotti’s negotiating for him