The Real Frontera Courier
Market27 Dec 2027
Brandon Carrero hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Real Frontera can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets27 Dec 2027
No thanks: Edicson Tamiche rejects the move
Real Frontera had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Deportivo Tachira, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Words exchanged at Real Frontera
Jhonatan Restrepo 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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
A row about effort at Real Frontera
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Josmar Zambrano was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets27 Dec 2027
Door shut on José Rondón
Real Frontera asked and Academia Puerto Cabello said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets27 Dec 2027
Real Frontera ask about Juan Perdomo
A loan enquiry to Deportivo La Guaira: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Diego Márquez knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Real Frontera, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market27 Dec 2027
The Sergio Avellaneda talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Real Frontera know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Franyer Sandia gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Franyer Sandia is on it.
In brief
- Market Alejandro Viloria placed on the list
- Squad Daniel Machis is fit again