The Valledupar Post
Squad5 Oct 2026
Jorge Palacios in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Valledupar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Wilmar Ramirez 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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Pablo Medina
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Oct 2026
Talks stall between Valledupar and Wilmar Ramirez
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market5 Oct 2026
Experience through the door at Valledupar
Hugo Zarco arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Jhon Pérez has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jhon Pérez keeps the shirt for now, at Valledupar's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Hugo Zarco
- The dugout Alejandro Borja keeps his manager's vote