The Barranquilla Gazette
Market10 Jul 2028
Jaguares come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Barranquilla did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Jul 2028
Barranquilla to lose Alberto Orozco for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Alberto Orozco has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Sebastián Caballero 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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Sebastián Caballero 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.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Iñaki Harguindeguy 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 Barranquilla this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Jul 2028
A long bet from Barranquilla on Sergio Arango
He is 20, and nobody at Barranquilla signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Barranquilla buy the years ahead of Jose Ramirez
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Barranquilla
- Market The clock does Andrés Murillo’s negotiating for him