The Cultural Leonesa Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Facundo Tancredi gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Facundo Tancredi has just signed for Cultural Leonesa, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cultural Leonesa baulk at the price for Selton
Athletic Bilbao wanted more than $1.8M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Cultural Leonesa go back to the board over Selton
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.9M — a club that wants Selton enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alexis Domínguez turns down Cultural Leonesa
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Chacarita Juniors keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Justin de Haas
Cultural Leonesa asked and Valencia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sergi Maestre 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 Cultural Leonesa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mario Rubio steps up from the Cultural Leonesa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mario Rubio 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
José Fernández steps up from the Cultural Leonesa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Fernández 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
Rubén Ramírez steps up from the Cultural Leonesa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rubén Ramírez 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jan Soto joins the Cultural Leonesa first team
- Squad No place for Mariano Fazio in the new shape
- Squad A wage question at Cultural Leonesa