The Melgar Herald
Market30 Nov 2026
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.
Market30 Nov 2026
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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Alec Deneumostier in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Melgar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
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.
Market30 Nov 2026
Still no signature from Jorge Cabezudo
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Melgar could get for him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Deval Muñóz is not doing himself any favours
A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.
In brief
- The dugout Jhamir D'Arrigo keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Marcos Portillo is the talk of the training ground