The Girona Chronicle
Match21 Aug 2027
Carles Pérez breaks Athletic Bilbao hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Carles Pérez scored in the 87th minute, Athletic Bilbao had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Girona took the lot.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Girona
Bryan Gil 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Éder Militão 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Girona
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match21 Aug 2027
6 unbeaten for Girona
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Girona did not have in the autumn.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Stoke City tell Girona: Marcus Edwards is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Abdul Mumin gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market23 Aug 2027
Víctor León steps up from the Girona academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Víctor León 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Girona promote Iván Alonso from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Iván Alonso 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.
In brief
- Market Jorge Jiménez steps up from the Girona academy
- Match Carles Pérez sends Girona past Athletic Bilbao
- Boardroom A promise the Girona board did not keep