The Llaneros Herald
Squad15 Jan 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Luis Miranda
56 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Llaneros lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces15 Jan 2029
Supporters organise against the Llaneros board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Boardroom15 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the Llaneros boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Emilio Pardo breaks a bone — 32 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market15 Jan 2029
Llaneros turn down Arema for Adrián Rivas
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Yorleys Mena 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 Llaneros this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Jhildrey Lasso 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Eyes on Manuel López again
The phone has started ringing about Manuel López again, and this time the name on the line is Persita. Llaneros are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Words at Llaneros training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Barreiro is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Luis Miranda plays
- Market The Juan Camilo Loaiza question follows Llaneros around
- Market The clock does Juan Camilo Loaiza’s negotiating for him