The Deportivo Lara Herald
Market9 Nov 2026
Hugo Sánchez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Deportivo Lara they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Deportivo Lara
Francisco Flores 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
Oscar Rincon steps up from the Deportivo Lara academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oscar Rincon 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.
Market9 Nov 2026
Sergio Ramirez steps up from the Deportivo Lara academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Ramirez 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 dugout9 Nov 2026
Federico Marín 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Gabriel Benítez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Deportivo Lara will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market Franco Carretero linked with a move away
- The dugout Adriangel Torrealba knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Willimger Castillo