André Lopes

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Llaneros
4 Aug 2043
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The Llaneros Herald

29 Dec 2042
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Boardroom

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.

Market

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.

Market

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