The Barranquilla Gazette
Market4 Jan 2027
Carlos Durán turns Valledupar down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market4 Jan 2027
Jairo Torres has said yes to Bogota
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Barranquilla have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market4 Jan 2027
Carlos Durán asks to leave Barranquilla
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Real improvement from César Bravo at Barranquilla
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. César Bravo is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad4 Jan 2027
José Luis Caicedo 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.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Door shut on Julio Sinisterra
Barranquilla asked and Fortaleza CEIF said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Barranquilla
Yesid García 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Omar Cassiani out for 36 days
The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Omar Cassiani, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Sebastián Guerra is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Esteban Arias is in the works
- The dugout José Luis Caicedo asks for a word with the manager
- Market Barranquilla and Alberto Higgins are talking past each other