Daniel Palacios

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9 Jan 2027
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The Valledupar Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jhonny Meza damages knee ligaments — 108 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 108 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Hugo Quintero breaks a bone — 43 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 43 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Daniel Palacios 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 Valledupar can pretend not to have heard.

Market

The Universitario Popayan deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Daniel Palacios reports back to Valledupar with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad

Tempers go at Valledupar

Duvan Cuadrado 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.

Squad

Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ronaldo Mejía 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