Samuel Acuña

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
19 Aug 2032
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Marked for Samuel Acuña

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The America de Cali Sentinel

8 Dec 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad8 Dec 2031

87 days out for Dylan Borrero after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. America de Cali will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market8 Dec 2031

Santiago Moreno has said yes to Depor

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. America de Cali have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market8 Dec 2031

Not going: Luis González stays at America de Cali

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Patriotas had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

The dugout8 Dec 2031

Gerónimo Mancilla: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” America de Cali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad8 Dec 2031

A muscle injury and 15 days out for Jhon Murillo

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. America de Cali will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Market8 Dec 2031

Samuel Acuña 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 The request is on a desk at America de Cali, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets8 Dec 2031

Sergio Martínez turns down America de Cali

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Benfica keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad8 Dec 2031

Omar Bertel stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Omar Bertel and America de Cali agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets8 Dec 2031

America de Cali rebuffed over Ciro Thompson

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Atletico Nacional have kept their man, and America de Cali go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

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The America de Cali Sentinel

6 Jan 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad6 Jan 2031

Luis Orejuela breaks a bone — 95 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 95 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market6 Jan 2031

Bleiner Agrón 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 America de Cali can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets6 Jan 2031

Carlos Garcés due for a America de Cali medical

Everything agreed with Atletico Nacional, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets6 Jan 2031

No thanks: Corrie Ndaba rejects the move

America de Cali had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Lecce, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad6 Jan 2031

Tempers go at America de Cali

Darwin Machís 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.

Market6 Jan 2031

Eyes on Tilman Palacios again

The phone has started ringing about Tilman Palacios again, and this time the name on the line is Millonarios. America de Cali are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad6 Jan 2031

A move Samuel Acuña 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. Samuel Acuña is living that version at America de Cali, and it tends to show in the first month.

Transfer targets6 Jan 2031

Door shut on Abdoulaye Dabo

America de Cali asked and Levante said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad6 Jan 2031

Marcos Mina 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.

In brief