The Santa Fe Herald
Squad21 Dec 2037
Bali Mumba damages knee ligaments — 67 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 67 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad21 Dec 2037
Samuel Posada breaks a bone — 26 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market21 Dec 2037
Daniel Vargas is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Santa Fe is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Dec 2037
Edwin Mosquera 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 Santa Fe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom21 Dec 2037
Santa Fe to lose Juan José Álvarez for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Juan José Álvarez has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad21 Dec 2037
Words at Santa Fe training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. José Vanetta is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Market The Daniel Arias conversation is coming
- Market Santa Fe pick up Wilmar Lopez for nothing
- Market Darwin Balanta placed on the list