The Valledupar Post
Market28 Dec 2026
Valledupar sell their best player to Jaguares
$2.2M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
The terraces28 Dec 2026
Valledupar sell a favourite for $2.2M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Mateo Santos was one of the reasons people came, and $2.2M does not replace that by itself.
Market28 Dec 2026
Alejandro Cabrera 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 The request is on a desk at Valledupar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Valledupar
Brayan Blandón 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Brayan Blandón gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Riascos 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
- Squad Fernando Borja stays put
- Market Camilo Ordóñez joins Valledupar on a free
- Market The shop window has Ángel Méndez in it