The Llaneros Herald
Transfer targets18 Dec 2028
The paperwork begins on Adrián Csenterics
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Llaneros have done the hard part with Estudiantes de Merida, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad18 Dec 2028
Alejandro Gonzalez 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 Llaneros this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market18 Dec 2028
One of our own: David Arango joins the Llaneros first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Arango is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Dec 2028
Victor Arango steps up from the Llaneros academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Victor Arango 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.
Market18 Dec 2028
Victor Casseres steps up from the Llaneros academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Victor Casseres 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.
Market18 Dec 2028
Llaneros promote Oscar Osorio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oscar Osorio 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.
Squad18 Dec 2028
A row about effort at Llaneros
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agustín Lugo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout18 Dec 2028
Wilmar Rodriguez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Llaneros will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout18 Dec 2028
Daniel Osorio asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Luis Castillo has been promised minutes
- Boardroom Llaneros keep producing them
- Squad Questions about Miguel Osorio on the training pitch