The Real Cartagena Sentinel
Market18 Dec 2028
Eyes on Mateo Castillo again
The phone has started ringing about Mateo Castillo again, and this time the name on the line is Cortulua. Real Cartagena are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market18 Dec 2028
Luis Yanes asks to leave Real Cartagena
“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.
Squad18 Dec 2028
A move Carlos González 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. Carlos González is living that version at Real Cartagena, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets18 Dec 2028
The paperwork begins on Humberto Acevedo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Real Cartagena have done the hard part with Union Magdalena, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom18 Dec 2028
Héctor Long signs for Fortaleza CEIF while still at Real Cartagena
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Héctor Long has agreed terms with Fortaleza CEIF for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad18 Dec 2028
A falling-out at Real Cartagena
Fernando Bacca and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Edison López 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 targets18 Dec 2028
Door shut on Juan Daniel Espitia
Real Cartagena asked and Independiente Medellin said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Carlos González is a square peg at Real Cartagena
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- The dugout Álex Guti knocks on the manager's door
- Market Still no ink between Real Cartagena and Armando Preciado
- Loan watch 8 goals on loan for José Enamorado