The Barranquilla Gazette
Squad14 Aug 2028
Howell Mena breaks a bone — 50 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 50 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market14 Aug 2028
Darwin Avendaño asks to leave Barranquilla
“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.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Cristian Peñate frozen out at Barranquilla
This is not rotation. Cristian Peñate has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Barranquilla is pretending otherwise.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Barranquilla
José Luis Melo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Barranquilla
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sebastián Caballero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Sebastián Guerra knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Sebastián Guerra trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Johan Brausin gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Johan Brausin is on it.
Market14 Aug 2028
Howell Mena placed on the list
Barranquilla have made Howell Mena available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market14 Aug 2028
Nobody at Barranquilla has picked up the phone to José Guerrero
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Match Barranquilla in the hunt for Europe
- Market Barranquilla shop where it costs nothing
- Squad Competition arrives for Sergio Sanchez