The Envigado Herald
Squad10 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Envigado
Andrés Dávila 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Miguel Marulanda signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miguel Marulanda commits to Envigado for another 5 years.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Deadline beats Envigado to Julian Restrepo
The clock did what Cortulua would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Door shut on Gleyfer Medina
Envigado asked and Rotherham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Jan 2028
Envigado promote Jefferson Mejia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jefferson Mejia 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
Envigado promote Mateo Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo Herrera 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
Nicolas Borja steps up from the Envigado academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicolas Borja 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
One of our own: Hugo Bacca joins the Envigado first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hugo Bacca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
No hiding place for Miguel Marulanda
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Miguel Marulanda, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad 8 new faces, and Envigado are still learning each other
- The dugout Yeferson Rodallega has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Santiago Gauna knocks on the manager's door