The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words exchanged at Estudiantes de Merida
Edwuin Pernía 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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Luis Caicedo pulls a muscle — 19 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 19 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
Still nobody in the Estudiantes de Merida dugout
9 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Estudiantes de Merida rebuffed over Leonel Jaime
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. River Plate have kept their man, and Estudiantes de Merida go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Edwuin Pernía
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Jan 2028
Estudiantes de Merida promote David Otero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Otero 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 Jan 2028
Daniel Cordova steps up from the Estudiantes de Merida academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Cordova 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 Jan 2028
One of our own: Junior Murillo joins the Estudiantes de Merida first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Junior Murillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Jan 2028
Juan Ramirez steps up from the Estudiantes de Merida academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Estudiantes de Merida training over how hard people work
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Estudiantes de Merida
- Boardroom The Estudiantes de Merida production line keeps running