The Depor Courier
Market25 Jan 2027
Eder Balanta asks to leave Depor
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Cristian Perez due for a Depor medical
Everything agreed with Santa Fe, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Depor
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Ivan Lopez joins the Depor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Lopez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Depor promote Ivan Restrepo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Restrepo 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Carlos Barrios steps up from the Depor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Barrios 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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Eder Balanta 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Depor
Luis Riascos 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.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
A loan move for Joan Gómez is in the works
Depor have made the call to Deportivo Cali. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Transfer targets Depor try to borrow Edson González
- Match Depor share the spoils with Barranquilla
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Gabriel Herrera on the draw