Deval Muñóz

Striker - Melgar
17 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Deval Muñóz

18 Edition

The Melgar Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

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.

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

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.

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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

Back issues
14 Edition

The Melgar Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jorge Cabezudo 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 The request is on a desk at Melgar, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

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.

The dugout

Anderson Santamaría gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Melgar have started building around Jorge Cabezudo

He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.

Market

Still no signature from Jorge Cabezudo

2 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.

Squad

Yimy Gamero is put on a programme of his own

Individual work, away from the group, aimed at one specific thing the coaches think is holding him back. It rarely makes the news and it is how most improvement actually happens.

In brief