The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Estudiantes de Merida
Edwuin Pernía and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Santiago Rodríguez is a Estudiantes de Merida player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sergio Rosales steps up from the Estudiantes de Merida academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Rosales 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 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida promote Jose Osorio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rafael Herrera steps up from the Estudiantes de Merida academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Herrera 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Edwuin Pernía
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Estudiantes de Merida will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Squad 15 new faces, and Estudiantes de Merida are still learning each other
- Squad A row about effort at Estudiantes de Merida