The Cortulua Post
Market31 Jul 2028
Guilherme Alves is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cortulua is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Guilherme Alves signs for Deportes Tolima while still at Cortulua
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Guilherme Alves has agreed terms with Deportes Tolima for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Market31 Jul 2028
Eyes on Juan David Delgado again
The phone has started ringing about Juan David Delgado again, and this time the name on the line is Barranquilla. Cortulua are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
Door shut on Jan Franc Lucumí
Cortulua asked and America de Cali said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Cortulua count the cost of losing Guilherme Alves
20 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Match29 Jul 2028
Atletico Bucaramanga take the points off Cortulua
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Cristian Torres pulls a muscle — 15 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad31 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Cortulua
Jhan Blandón and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Words at Cortulua training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gustavo Torres 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 Diego Bacca: “No excuses”
- The dugout Alfredo Montero gets picked when it counts
- The dugout No hiding place for Sergio Medina