The Leones Gazette
Market14 Sep 2026
Cristian Lora has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Leones they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Jeycob Zabaleta has agreed to leave Leones 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Daniel Quintero steps up from the Leones academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Leones promote Javier Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Javier Herrera has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Jefferson Gonzalez joins the Leones first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jefferson Gonzalez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Germán Meneses falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Cristian Lora
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Cristian Rodríguez gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Cristian Rodríguez is on it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes Jonathan Marulanda a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Leones. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Squad Bryan Caicedo finally belongs at Leones
- Squad Welcome back, Brandon Hinestroza