Luis Ramirez

Striker - Leon U18
29 Dec 2032
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Luis Ramirez

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The Leon Sentinel

9 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Leon run riot against Atlas

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Squad

45 days out for Donovan Suárez 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.

Market

Julian Vazquez has said yes to Santos Laguna

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Leon have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Player ratings

Both of them César Huerta's — 8.30

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.30, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Transfer targets

No deal for Tahiel Jiménez at that price

Leon offered $3.7M; Santos Laguna said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market

Salvador Reyes 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Leon

Nicolás Vallejo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Nobody wants to play Leon right now

3 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.

Squad

Cade Cowell signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cade Cowell commits to Leon for another 4 years.

In brief

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The Leon Sentinel

12 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Donovan Suárez out for 73 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Leon will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Transfer targets

Leon rebuffed over Patricio Salas

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Club America have kept their man, and Leon go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Julian Vazquez has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Leon they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

A falling-out at Leon

Nicolás Vallejo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom

Julian Vazquez has agreed to leave Leon for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

The step up is real for Luis Ramirez

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Transfer targets

Leon baulk at the price for Franco Cáceres

Guadalajara wanted more than $240.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Market

Gael García 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.

Squad

Late improvement for Aarón Arredondo

At 29 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

In brief