The Alianza Petrolera Herald
Market11 Jan 2027
Ruyery Blanco wants more than Alianza Petrolera are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Omar Robles
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Brian Ramirez out for 26 days
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for Brian Ramirez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom11 Jan 2027
Alianza Petrolera beat the market to Jean Paul Angulo from Patriotas
Patriotas will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Jean Paul Angulo has pre-agreed a move to Alianza Petrolera, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Door shut on Déiber Caicedo
Alianza Petrolera asked and Junior said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Alianza Petrolera
Juan Pablo Otálvaro and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market11 Jan 2027
Alianza Petrolera promote Freddy Barrios from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Freddy Barrios 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
James Borja steps up from the Alianza Petrolera academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Camilo Bacca steps up from the Alianza Petrolera academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Camilo Bacca 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
- The dugout Ruyery Blanco has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Cristian Berrio is a square peg at Alianza Petrolera
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jamil Lucumí