The Ponferradina Post
Market5 Jun 2028
Mateus Ludke 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 The request is on a desk at Ponferradina, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market5 Jun 2028
Joaquín Leites is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ponferradina is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
Ponferradina to lose Joaquín Leites for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Joaquín Leites has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Ponferradina
Slavy 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.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Door shut on Ignacio Russo
Ponferradina asked and Villarreal said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market5 Jun 2028
Juventud Torremolinos watching José Luis Cortés
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ponferradina have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A row about effort at Ponferradina
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Raul Talarico was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Jun 2028
Ponferradina keep their word to Sandro
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
Ponferradina release $2.7M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Dani Cárdenas is in the works
- The dugout Nirash Perera gets it from the manager
- Squad A step back for Lucas Díaz at Ponferradina