Conor McLeod

Right Midfielder - Marbella
20 Mar 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Conor McLeod

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The Marbella Post

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Capa puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Marbella, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Jorge Juárez delivers — 7.93

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Jorge Juárez scored, was marked 7.93, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

The dugout

Raúl Marqueta says Marbella went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Marbella say no — this time

The offer from Arenas Club for Raúl Marqueta was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings

The game went through Santiago Úbeda — 6.98

Marked 6.98 on 16 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Squad

A falling-out at Marbella

Pablo Valencia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Marbella bid $20.0K for Alex Monerris

The offer went to Cacereño this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Conor McLeod gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Conor McLeod has just signed for Marbella, and for once the answer mattered.

Transfer targets

Marbella rebuffed over Alberto Navarro

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Atlético Madrid have kept their man, and Marbella go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

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The Wolverhampton Gazette

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Wolverhampton sell Heorhii Sudakov for $75.1M

Heorhii Sudakov has left for Chelsea in a $75.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

The dugout

Hwang Hee-Chan keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Wolverhampton may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Wolverhampton sign Damion Downs for $8.2M

The paperwork is done: Damion Downs joins from Southampton in a deal worth $8.2M. Now comes the harder part.

Market

Wolverhampton say no — this time

The offer from Gillingham for Jackson Tchatchoua was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

The terraces

Wolverhampton sell a favourite for $75.1M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Heorhii Sudakov was one of the reasons people came, and $75.1M does not replace that by itself.

Market

Rotherham United watching Rodrigo Gomes

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Wolverhampton have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

José Sá signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” José Sá and Wolverhampton agree another 2 years.

Boardroom

Conor McLeod has agreed to leave Wolverhampton for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Words exchanged at Wolverhampton

Rodrigo Gomes and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

In brief