The Melgar Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Jorge Cabezudo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Melgar is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Jorge Cabezudo signs for Universitario while still at Melgar
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Jorge Cabezudo has agreed terms with Universitario for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Melgar
Pablo Erustes and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Melgar may not be able to give Leonel González what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Leonel González wants continental football; whether Melgar can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nelson Callens joins the Melgar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nelson Callens is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nelson Lapadula steps up from the Melgar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nelson Lapadula 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 Words at Melgar training over how hard people work
- Squad Juan Escobar remains an outsider
- Squad A wage question at Melgar