Juan Ayqqe

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20 Oct 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Juan Ayqqe

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The Melgar Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Alejandro Ramos falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

No hiding place for Alejandro Ramos

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alejandro Ramos, and the manager let it.

Squad

When it matters, Juan Escobar plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

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The Melgar Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Jorge Cabezudo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Melgar can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Bernardo Cuesta stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Bernardo Cuesta and Melgar agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Melgar

Carlos Cáceda 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.

Market

Melgar may not be able to give Jhamir D'Arrigo what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jhamir D'Arrigo wants continental football; whether Melgar can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

Words at Melgar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Ramos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

The clock runs on Carlos Cáceda's contract

24 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.

In brief