From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Deportes Quindio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Javier Reina 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Deportes Quindio signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Deportes Quindio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Javier Reina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jhohann Yabur and Deportes Quindio agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Martín Payares keeps the shirt for now, at Deportes Quindio's convenience rather than his own.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Deportes Quindio, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Javier Reina 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
Deportivo Pasto pay $100.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
215% of the income goes out in wages at Deportes Quindio
Every club in football 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 somebody has tried it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Javier Reina, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Eduardo Esterilla keeps the shirt for now, at Deportes Quindio's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Boardroom21 Dec 2026
Mathematically certain, and nobody in this town is going to bed early. Whatever else happened this season, it finishes a division above where it started.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luis Díaz and Deportes Quindio agree another 2 years.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Javier Reina 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Deportes Quindio will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ezequiel Palomeque keeps the shirt for now, at Deportes Quindio's convenience rather than his own.
Market14 Dec 2026
Luis Díaz signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 2026
The bid was some way short and Deportes Quindio did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market7 Dec 2026
Kevin Parra hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportes Quindio can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Jhoao Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Rodrigo Mina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Dec 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Cristian Correa has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Deportes Quindio.
Market7 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Javier Reina may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 279% of everything Deportes Quindio earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Javier Reina
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportes Quindio can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Javier Reina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Eduardo Esterilla’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Javier Reina 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager plants his flag on Santiago Roa
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Santiago Roa’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Uberney Rovira has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
Javier Reina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Javier Reina
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Javier Reina has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The word out of the training ground is that he has been the sharpest man there all week. It is the quietest story a paper carries and it usually runs the week before somebody's run in the side begins.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 279% of everything Deportes Quindio earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Javier Reina, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
Rodrigo Mina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Eduardo Esterilla’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Deportes Quindio will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager comes out for Santiago Roa
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Santiago Roa has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Martín Payares has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
Jhoao Rodríguez 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eduardo Esterilla, and the manager let it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager plants his flag on Jhoao Rodríguez
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Jhoao Rodríguez’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
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Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportes Quindio can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Javier Reina 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
460% of the income goes out in wages at Deportes Quindio
Every club in football 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 somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
Javier Reina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Javier Reina
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Eduardo Esterilla’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
Javier Reina 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Uberney Rovira and Deportes Quindio agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Uberney Rovira asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
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Squad
Javier Reina is training like a man with a point to make
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Rodrigo Mina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Uberney Rovira knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Deportes Quindio, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
557% of the income goes out in wages at Deportes Quindio
Every club in football 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 somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Andrés Carabalí trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Javier Reina
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Mina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager comes out for José Lloreda
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. José Lloreda has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Crisis
Match19 Aug 2026
Out, 0‑2 to Deportivo Cali, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Uneasy
Squad17 Aug 2026
Joel Silva is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Joel Silva: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match12 Aug 2026
A 0‑0 win over Deportivo Pasto, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad17 Aug 2026
Javier Reina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Joel Silva
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A mark of 7.69, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
Javier Reina 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 Deportes Quindio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Deportes Quindio, another week without a signature from Cristian Correa.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Javier Reina and Deportes Quindio agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Javier Reina 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Martín Payares has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Deportes Quindio that is a harder question to answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.