From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market18 Oct 2027
Luis Ceballos has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Leones they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“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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From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market20 Sep 2027
Luis Ceballos has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Leones they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Roinner Fruto 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Felipe Gómez keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Felipe Gómez plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad13 Sep 2027
Johan Muñoz gets it from the manager
“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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leones know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Roinner Fruto 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 Leones, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market23 Aug 2027
Luis Ceballos has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Leones they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Felipe Gómez 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 Leones, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Luis Ceballos has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.