The Universitario Popayan Gazette
Squad14 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Manuel Rangel out for 78 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Universitario Popayan will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market14 Dec 2026
Javier Gomez 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 The request is on a desk at Universitario Popayan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Barranquilla tell Universitario Popayan: Jaime Acosta 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Universitario Popayan
Gastón Valente 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.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Universitario Popayan ask about Guillermo Gómez
A loan enquiry to Real Cartagena: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Universitario Popayan ask about Matías Lozano
A loan enquiry to Atletico Nacional: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Julian Garcia 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The formation has left Harold Lascano behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Universitario Popayan will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Mario Risso knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Universitario Popayan, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Universitario Popayan and Harold Lascano
- Market The shop window has Rafael Gonzalez in it