The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Market20 Dec 2027
Estudiantes de Caracas say no — this time
The offer from Talleres for Fernando Rondon was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The season belongs to Willian Cunha
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Estudiantes de Caracas have had the benefit of it.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Jesús Villarroel 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Yolfran Caricote 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.
Market20 Dec 2027
Alejandro Arango leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Alejandro Arango leaves Estudiantes de Caracas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market20 Dec 2027
Diego Herrera leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Diego Herrera leaves Estudiantes de Caracas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Squad Willian Cunha keeps his manager's vote
- Boardroom The Estudiantes de Caracas board choose calm