The Leganés Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Rubén Peña out for 124 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Leganés will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Leganés rebuffed over Isi Palazón
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rayo Vallecano have kept their man, and Leganés go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Juan Larios arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Juan Larios has, at Leganés, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Leganés
Óscar Plano 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Leganés
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market17 Aug 2026
Auckland City join the queue for Carlos Guirao
Add another name to the list: Auckland City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Carlos Guirao. The answer from Leganés has not changed — yet.
Market17 Aug 2026
Carlos Garrido steps up from the Leganés academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Garrido 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Leganés training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yassine Kechta 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Leganés and Víctor Meseguer
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Leganés, another week without a signature from Víctor Meseguer.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Leganés
- Looking ahead Enric Franquesa faces his old club
- Market Mathías Cubero joins Leganés to strengthen the squad