The Deportivo Tachira Gazette
Squad25 Jan 2027
Lautaro Lusnig breaks a bone — 67 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 67 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Delvin Alfonzo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Deportivo Tachira may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market25 Jan 2027
Leandro Fioravanti asks to leave Deportivo Tachira
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market25 Jan 2027
As if he never left: Osnel García returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Osnel García is a Deportivo Tachira player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Door shut on Marco Espíndola
Deportivo Tachira asked and Trujillanos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Deportivo Tachira
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
Deportivo Tachira spend $580.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $580.0K for Osnel García, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Market25 Jan 2027
Deportivo Tachira promote Alejandro Arango from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Arango has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market25 Jan 2027
Francisco Gonzalez steps up from the Deportivo Tachira academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francisco Gonzalez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Kevin De La Hoz falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- The dugout Leandro Fioravanti gets it from the manager