Marked 7.89 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Llaneros have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Barranquilla
Cristian Peñate was marked 7.53 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“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 The request is on a desk at Union Magdalena, and it is not being withdrawn.
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Jaguares have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The offer from Deportes Tolima for Mateo García was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
3 assists across the month from a Union Magdalena player marked 7.58. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2027
Andrés Amaya is the division's best-marked player — 7.90
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.90 across 4 matches for Fortaleza CEIF.
Marked 7.43 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Llaneros have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2027
James Romero is the month's best young player — 7.25
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.25 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Universitario Popayan player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valledupar can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2027
Andrés Amaya leads the division for assists — 7.39
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Fortaleza CEIF player marked 7.39, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2027
Freddy Espinal is the division's best-marked player — 7.77
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.77 across 5 matches for Real Santander.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Franklin Mosquera will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Jaguares the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
2 in 5 for Bogota. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
3 in 5 for Llaneros. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
2 in 5 for Universitario Popayan. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 2 goals in 4 appearances for Real Santander.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Cristian Peñate is the division's player of the month — 7.36
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Barranquilla man on 7.36 with 3 goal contributions.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.36 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Barranquilla player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Universitario Popayan can pretend not to have heard.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Union Magdalena player marked 7.49, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Gleyfer Medina is the division's best-marked player — 7.92
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.92 across 2 matches for Jaguares.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Jaguares is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
2 in 4 for Jaguares. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Depor man came out on top: 7.54 across the month and 2 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.25 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Barranquilla player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Union Magdalena can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
The division’s top provider is Yairo Moreno — 7.30
2 assists across the month from a Jaguares player marked 7.30. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kleber Díaz will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Union Magdalena the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.56 across 3 matches for Fortaleza CEIF.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
2 in 3 for Depor. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
The month closes with Faiber Mendoza out in front — 3 goals in 4 games, and Real Santander have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Faiber Mendoza is the division's player of the month — 7.96
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Real Santander man on 7.96 with 4 goal contributions.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.65 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Union Magdalena player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“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 Union Magdalena, and it is not being withdrawn.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Valledupar player marked 7.44, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jairo Pimienta will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Union Magdalena the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Faiber Mendoza is the division's best-marked player — 7.96
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.96 across 4 matches for Real Santander.
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Fortaleza CEIF can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
7.67 across the month and 0 goal contributions from a Real Santander player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Union Magdalena people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The bid was some way short and Depor did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Andrés Amaya leads the division for assists — 7.67
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Fortaleza CEIF player marked 7.67, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Freddy Espinal is the division's best-marked player — 8.00
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.00 across 2 matches for Real Santander.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Union Magdalena is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“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 Leones, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Bogota waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Union Magdalena is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“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 Valledupar, and it is not being withdrawn.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Daniel Mantilla wants continental football; whether Llaneros can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Real Cartagena is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Fortaleza CEIF can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Cristian Lora will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Leones the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leones can pretend not to have heard.
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Mack Cleberson Murillo had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Daniel Mantilla wants continental football; whether Llaneros can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
5 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Real Cartagena has been clear about where Reynaldo Fontalvo stands, which is more than many ever get.