The Valledupar Post
Market14 Jul 2036
Tusker come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Valledupar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout14 Jul 2036
Rafael Ramirez keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Valledupar may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets14 Jul 2036
The paperwork begins on Martino Botti
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Valledupar have done the hard part with Independiente Medellin, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad14 Jul 2036
Tempers go at Valledupar
Egor Kress 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 Jul 2036
Once Caldas tell Valledupar: Jairo Ditta 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.
Boardroom14 Jul 2036
No signings allowed at Valledupar
The manager may talk to whoever he likes and may pay nobody. A squad survives a window like this by borrowing, by promoting, and by hoping the injuries land somewhere else.
Boardroom14 Jul 2036
The Valledupar debt reaches $21.5M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
Market14 Jul 2036
Valledupar and Cristian Lora are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets14 Jul 2036
A loan move for Carlos Nemocón is in the works
Valledupar have made the call to Alianza Petrolera. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Nicolas Rangel is in the works
- The dugout Tiago Guimarães gets it from the manager
- The dugout Egor Kress asks for a word with the manager