The Colón Post
Market18 Jan 2027
Colón turn down Chania for Zahir Yunis
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Colón
Matías Budiño 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Colón
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Facundo Castet was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market18 Jan 2027
Qingdao West Coast watching Iván Ojeda
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Colón have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market18 Jan 2027
Benjamín Silva steps up from the Colón academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamín Silva 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 Jan 2027
One of our own: Mateo Russo joins the Colón first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateo Russo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Mateo Lizondo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I want to play”: Tomás Gallay speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Mauro Peinipil 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 Julián Marcioni has been promised minutes
- Squad Zahir Yunis wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Zahir Yunis