The Deportivo Cali Chronicle
Squad21 Jan 2030
The knee: Cristián Blanco out for 32 days
32 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Deportivo Cali lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market21 Jan 2030
Gustavo Torres asks to leave Deportivo Cali
“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.
Market21 Jan 2030
Nicolás Medina is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Deportivo Cali is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom21 Jan 2030
Oswaldo Valencia signs for Once Caldas while still at Deportivo Cali
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Oswaldo Valencia has agreed terms with Once Caldas for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad21 Jan 2030
Tempers go at Deportivo Cali
Pedro Gallese 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.
The dugout21 Jan 2030
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Squad21 Jan 2030
A row about effort at Deportivo Cali
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jefry Zapata was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom21 Jan 2030
Graduation day at Deportivo Cali
8 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets21 Jan 2030
Door shut on Lautaro Rivero
Deportivo Cali asked and Penarol said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Market Nicolas Uribe steps up from the Deportivo Cali academy
- Market One of our own: Daniel Palacios joins the Deportivo Cali first team
- Squad Thyago Ayala signs a new deal