The Ponferradina Post
Squad27 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Ponferradina
Slavy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad27 Mar 2028
A move Nicolas Sala would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Nicolas Sala is living that version at Ponferradina, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Words at Ponferradina training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emam Ashour is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad27 Mar 2028
Remeao Hutton stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Remeao Hutton and Ponferradina agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market27 Mar 2028
A long bet from Ponferradina on Nicolas Sala
He is 18, and nobody at Ponferradina signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market27 Mar 2028
No place for Pablo Barredo in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Pablo Barredo has his answer from Ponferradina; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Ekain has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Ponferradina will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market27 Mar 2028
The Slavy story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Slavy signs something — a contract at Ponferradina or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout27 Mar 2028
Vicente Esquerdo 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
- Looking ahead A reunion for Slavy
- Market Remeao Hutton joins Ponferradina on a free
- The dugout The manager makes Jon Ceberio a promise