The Leones Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Santiago Quintero steps up from the Leones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Santiago Quintero has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pablo Muriel steps up from the Leones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Muriel has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: James Palacios joins the Leones first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Palacios is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Johan Romero joins the Leones first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Johan Romero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Germán Meneses 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Leones training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Felipe Hincapié 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
- Squad Juan Diego Ceballos still has not settled
- Squad Juan Diego Ceballos has seen what the next man earns