The Once Caldas Sentinel
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Once Caldas
Robert Mejía 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A move Luca Bastilla would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Luca Bastilla is living that version at Once Caldas, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Michael Barrios 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Déinner Quiñónes wants European nights
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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Juan José Aguilar signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Juan José Aguilar commits to Once Caldas for another 3 years.
Market14 Dec 2026
No place for Juan Esteban Gallego in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Juan Esteban Gallego has his answer from Once Caldas; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Once Caldas add cover with Luca Bastilla
- Market Juan José Aguilar joins Once Caldas on a free