The Jaguares Gazette
Market22 Jan 2029
Víctor Brid hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Jaguares can pretend not to have heard.
Market22 Jan 2029
Johan Portilla has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Jaguares they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Jaguares
Andrés Rentería 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.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Jaguares
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.
Match20 Jan 2029
The goals have deserted Jaguares
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Jaguares can tell you which week it ends in.
Market22 Jan 2029
Fabian Montero steps up from the Jaguares academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fabian Montero 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.
Market22 Jan 2029
One of our own: Duvan Ramirez joins the Jaguares first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duvan Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout22 Jan 2029
No hiding place for David Montoya
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Montoya, and the manager let it.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 9157. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- Player ratings Yairo Moreno was unplayable
- Squad A row about effort at Jaguares
- Player ratings Jhon Altamiranda stands above it all