The Pontevedra Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Agustín Pignotta gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Agustín Pignotta has just signed for Pontevedra, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stefano Minelli stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stefano Minelli and Pontevedra agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pontevedra
Adrián Expósito 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Gerard Deulofeu
Pontevedra asked and Borussia Mönchengladbach said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Enrique Duran joins the Pontevedra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Enrique Duran 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: Javier Torres joins the Pontevedra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Javier Torres 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
Mario Rey steps up from the Pontevedra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mario Rey 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
Alejandro Serrano steps up from the Pontevedra academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Serrano 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Lucas Vignone in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Pontevedra are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Transfer targets Pontevedra try to borrow Michele Barbella
- The dugout Yelko Pino knocks on the manager’s door