The Bolívar Courier
Market15 Jan 2029
Only the photograph left for Luis Álvarez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Luis Álvarez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bolívar the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market15 Jan 2029
Antonio González puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bolívar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Luis Álvarez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bolívar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Bolívar rebuffed over Mauricio Páez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Real Cartagena have kept their man, and Bolívar go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market15 Jan 2029
Eyes on Williams Tortolero again
The phone has started ringing about Williams Tortolero again, and this time the name on the line is Deportivo La Guaira. Bolívar are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market15 Jan 2029
Junior Herrera steps up from the Bolívar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Junior 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Bolívar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Starling Yendis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A muscle injury and 16 days out for Rafael Quiñones
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Bolívar will quote 16 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Bolívar ask about Alexis Sinisterra
A loan enquiry to Real Cartagena: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured for Luis Villae
- The dugout When it matters, Yeferson Escudero plays
- Squad This league is too small for Fabián Chaverra