The Llaneros Herald
Squad29 Dec 2042
Reiss Elliott-Parris damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad29 Dec 2042
Mateo Cuadrado breaks a bone — 54 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 54 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market29 Dec 2042
Only the photograph left for Alejandro Sanchez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alejandro Sanchez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Llaneros the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom29 Dec 2042
James Lemos will join Llaneros for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. James Lemos has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Llaneros have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market29 Dec 2042
Germán Otaño told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Germán Otaño has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Llaneros.
Market29 Dec 2042
Llaneros and Alejandro Cordoba 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.
In brief
- Squad Alexis Diaz falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Llaneros buy the years ahead of André Lopes
- Squad A promise honoured for Germán Otaño