The Barquisimeto Post
Squad14 Jan 2036
Daniel Canales 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 Barquisimeto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jan 2036
A move Gonzalo Núñez would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Gonzalo Núñez is living that version at Barquisimeto, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets14 Jan 2036
Barquisimeto rebuffed over Arcángel Oliveros
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Anzoátegui have kept their man, and Barquisimeto go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market14 Jan 2036
One of our own: Miguel Herrera joins the Barquisimeto first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Jan 2036
David Ramirez steps up from the Barquisimeto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Ramirez 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 2036
Sergio Casseres steps up from the Barquisimeto academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Casseres 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 2036
Barquisimeto promote Salomon Rincon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salomon Rincon 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.
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
The borrowing at Barquisimeto reaches $11.4M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $11.4M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
Boardroom14 Jan 2036
Wages swallow 98% of the Barquisimeto income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Barquisimeto
- The dugout Carlos Casseres has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Words at Barquisimeto training over how hard people work