The Aguilas Doradas Gazette
Market14 Jan 2030
Brayan Aragón puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aguilas Doradas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Tempers go at Aguilas Doradas
Sheldon Kendall was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets14 Jan 2030
Aguilas Doradas rebuffed over Yimy Gómez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Independiente Medellin have kept their man, and Aguilas Doradas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market14 Jan 2030
Aguilas Doradas promote Jose Rodriguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose Rodriguez 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.
Market14 Jan 2030
Juan Hernandez steps up from the Aguilas Doradas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Hernandez 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.
Market14 Jan 2030
One of our own: Rafael Moreno joins the Aguilas Doradas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafael Moreno is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Transfer targets14 Jan 2030
Lucas Girotti stays at Real Cartagena as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Aguilas Doradas will try again when the window opens; Real Cartagena may not be selling by then.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Alejandro Murillo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alejandro Murillo commits to Aguilas Doradas for another 3 years.
Squad14 Jan 2030
Words at Aguilas Doradas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yon Rodallega 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
- The dugout Richard Rentería gets it from the manager
- The dugout A promise honoured for Lucas Molina
- The dugout Sheldon Kendall knocks on the manager’s door