The Valledupar Post
Boardroom21 Jan 2036
Valledupar part company with Interim Coach
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Boardroom21 Jan 2036
An empty coaching office at Valledupar
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Boardroom21 Jan 2036
Interim Coach takes charge at Valledupar
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Market21 Jan 2036
Christian Flores is a Valledupar player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom21 Jan 2036
6 academy graduates step up at Valledupar
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad21 Jan 2036
Egor Kress falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets21 Jan 2036
La Equidad tell Valledupar: Nicolas Rangel is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad21 Jan 2036
Tempers go at Valledupar
Sebastián López 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.
Market21 Jan 2036
One of our own: Alejandro Santos joins the Valledupar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Santos 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 Sergio Murillo steps up from the Valledupar academy
- Market Valledupar promote Felipe Lemos from within
- Squad Carlos Rios out for 30 days