The Zulia Chronicle
Market11 Jan 2027
Vegalta Sendai come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zulia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market11 Jan 2027
Alejandro Murillo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zulia, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Zulia
Jair Andara 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Zulia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Augusto Mosquera 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Luis Soteldo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luis Soteldo commits to Zulia for another 4 years.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Gabriel Rondon knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Gabriel Rondon trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Marquinhos arrives on loan
- Market The shop window has Darwin Casseres in it