Manuel López

Striker - Llaneros
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Marked for Manuel López

129 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

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

Back issues
88 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market3 Apr 2028

Léider Riascos 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 Llaneros can pretend not to have heard.

Match1 Apr 2028

The wait goes on for Llaneros

8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings3 Apr 2028

Jhildrey Lasso beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad3 Apr 2028

A falling-out at Llaneros

Francisco Meza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings3 Apr 2028

Jhojan Escobar takes the honours

Marked 7.33 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Llaneros had the best player on the pitch.

Squad3 Apr 2028

A place in the month's best eleven for Manuel López

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Manuel López has come out of that comparison in the side, and Llaneros have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

No hiding place for Jimmy Medranda

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jimmy Medranda, and the manager let it.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Gabriel Cardona chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

A promise honoured at Llaneros

Something was said to Jimmy Medranda and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

In brief

74 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market27 Dec 2027

Brian Benítez 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 Llaneros can pretend not to have heard.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Francisco Meza 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.

Market27 Dec 2027

Talks stall between Llaneros and Léider Riascos

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Boardroom27 Dec 2027

Belts tighten at Llaneros

The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.

Market27 Dec 2027

The Juan Camilo Loaiza talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Llaneros know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout27 Dec 2027

The manager makes Jhon Morcillo a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Llaneros. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

The dugout27 Dec 2027

The manager comes out for Léider Riascos

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Léider Riascos has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

Squad27 Dec 2027

The training reports on Manuel López are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

Boardroom27 Dec 2027

The Llaneros academy earns its keep

22 graduates, from a department now rated 9 out of 20. Nothing about the academy appears in a result, and nothing about the club’s future exists without it.

In brief

55 Edition

The Llaneros Herald

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Aug 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Kelvin Osorio

100 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 dugout16 Aug 2027

Kelvin Osorio says Llaneros went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad16 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Llaneros

Francisco Meza and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market16 Aug 2027

Alfredo Gomez steps up from the Llaneros academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alfredo Gomez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market16 Aug 2027

One of our own: Nicolas Cardona joins the Llaneros first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Cardona is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market16 Aug 2027

Santiago Gonzalez steps up from the Llaneros academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Santiago Gonzalez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market16 Aug 2027

One of our own: Hugo Restrepo joins the Llaneros first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hugo Restrepo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Jhildrey Lasso

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom16 Aug 2027

94% of the income goes out in wages at Llaneros

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief