The Leones Gazette
Squad8 Jan 2035
Cristian Rodríguez: 16 seasons and counting
347 appearances across 16 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Leones know exactly what they have.
Squad8 Jan 2035
Alex Mosquera in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Leones this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2035
Leones rebuffed over Agustín Palavecino
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Santa Fe have kept their man, and Leones go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad8 Jan 2035
Richard Falcao stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Richard Falcao and Leones agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout8 Jan 2035
Alex Mosquera knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alex Mosquera trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout8 Jan 2035
Duvan Lemos 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.
Squad8 Jan 2035
Felipe Gómez is doing the arithmetic
The table has started to be checked before the results are in, and that is always the tell. Nobody at Leones says the word out loud, and everybody in the building is thinking it.
Market8 Jan 2035
Still no signature from Alex Mosquera
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Leones could get for him.
Market8 Jan 2035
Fernando Palacios linked with a move away
The name of Fernando Palacios keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leones say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market Fabian Caicedo leaves for nothing
- Market Duvan Lopez leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Leones keep producing them