Javier Olivas

Striker - Free Agent
22 Aug 2032
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315 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

9 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad9 Aug 2032

Fernando Beltrán breaks a bone — 122 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 122 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match7 Aug 2032

Leon run riot against Atlas

4‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings9 Aug 2032

A brace, and Yael Padilla takes the afternoon — 9.13

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Yael Padilla provided it, and the 9.13 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match7 Aug 2032

Leon cannot stop winning

6 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market9 Aug 2032

Alan Guzmán asks to leave Leon

“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.

Player ratings9 Aug 2032

Vintage Jhojan Julio — 8.63

At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.63, and nobody on the pitch better.

Market9 Aug 2032

Javier Olivas says no to Atlas

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Javier Olivas had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market9 Aug 2032

Alan Guzmán is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Leon is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2032

No thanks: Jeroen Lang rejects the move

Leon had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cambuur, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

In brief

  • Squad Jhohan Romaña falls out with a teammate over standards
  • Squad Tempers go at Leon
  • Match Another one collected away from home
Back issues
313 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

26 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings26 Jul 2032

Both of them Yael Padilla's — 8.76

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.76, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad26 Jul 2032

Brandon Brocksom breaks a bone — 38 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market26 Jul 2032

Terms done: Javier Olivas is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Pumas UNAM waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Leon is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market26 Jul 2032

José Rodrigo Lugo 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.

Match24 Jul 2032

Nobody wants to play Leon right now

4 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

The dugout26 Jul 2032

Javier Medina: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2032

Andrew Rick is a medical away from Leon

The deal with Chicago Fire is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2032

No thanks: Danilo Monza rejects the move

Leon had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Modena, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad26 Jul 2032

Tempers go at Leon

Yael Padilla 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.

In brief

249 Edition

The Leon Sentinel

5 May 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 May 2031

The knee: Julio González out for 164 days

164 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Leon lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad5 May 2031

67 days out for Luis Villegas after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Leon will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout5 May 2031

Agustín Moreira keeps the receipts

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

Market5 May 2031

Fernando Beltrán wants more than Leon are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad5 May 2031

Jhohan Romaña signs on for more

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

Squad5 May 2031

Tempers go at Leon

Fernando Beltrán 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.

The dugout5 May 2031

When it matters, Jhohan Romaña plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout5 May 2031

The manager makes an example of Leonardo Sepúlveda

“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.

Market5 May 2031

Diber Cambindo linked with a move away

The name of Diber Cambindo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief