The Valledupar Post
Squad22 Jan 2035
José Mejía breaks a bone — 39 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match20 Jan 2035
Valledupar taken apart
0‑3 to Atletico Bucaramanga, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market22 Jan 2035
As if he never left: Sifiso Mokotjo returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Sifiso Mokotjo is a Valledupar player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market22 Jan 2035
Alfredo Moreno comes home
The shirt still fits. Alfredo Moreno is back at Valledupar, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Boardroom22 Jan 2035
Graduation day at Valledupar
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad22 Jan 2035
Time is catching up with Alejandro Ramos
Everybody at Valledupar saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 36 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Boardroom22 Jan 2035
Valledupar beat the market to Alfredo Moreno from Envigado
Envigado will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Alfredo Moreno has pre-agreed a move to Valledupar, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
The dugout22 Jan 2035
The manager makes an example of Milton Valenzuela
“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.
Market22 Jan 2035
One of our own: Brian Duque joins the Valledupar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brian Duque is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Valledupar promote Jesus Hernandez from within
- Squad A row about effort at Valledupar
- Boardroom Valledupar are $20.9M in the red