The Leones Gazette
Squad2 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Cristian Lora out for 44 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Leones will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Johan Muñoz keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Leones may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The Leones board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Emmanuel Pasos signs for Jaguares while still at Leones
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Emmanuel Pasos has agreed terms with Jaguares for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Leones
Germán Meneses 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Leones training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Óscar Segura 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Leones counting the cost
- Market Nobody at Leones has picked up the phone to Juan David Ramírez
- Market The market said no: Nicolas Restrepo stays put
- Market The shop window has Jerónimo Arbeláez in it