The Alianza Petrolera Herald
The terraces17 Jul 2028
A $1.1M sale, and a town that did not want it
Ruyery Blanco has gone, the accounts have $1.1M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Sebastián Valenzuela keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Alianza Petrolera may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market17 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Juan Camilo Arturo
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Juan Camilo Arturo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Alianza Petrolera the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market17 Jul 2028
Business is business: Ruyery Blanco goes
America de Cali paid $1.1M and Alianza Petrolera took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Alianza Petrolera bid $52.0K for Carlos Rodríguez
The offer went to Barranquilla this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
Wainer Marquez will join Alianza Petrolera for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Wainer Marquez has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Alianza Petrolera have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Once Caldas tell Alianza Petrolera: Mauro Silveira is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Alianza Petrolera
Samuel Asprilla and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A row about effort at Alianza Petrolera
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and José Pérez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad This league is too small for Franco Pulicastro
- The dugout When it matters, Miguel Medina plays
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Manuel López