The Girona Chronicle
Market9 Sep 2030
Adrián Liso hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Girona can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Álex Moreno stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Álex Moreno and Girona agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Sep 2030
A row about effort at Girona
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mateu Morey was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets9 Sep 2030
Atlético Madrid tell Girona: Kostantis Tzolakis 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 dugout9 Sep 2030
No hiding place for Dani Sánchez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dani Sánchez, and the manager let it.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Girona lose Raúl León
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad9 Sep 2030
Too much change too quickly at Girona
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Market9 Sep 2030
The Illia Zabarnyi talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Girona know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout9 Sep 2030
Juan Aspra asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Franco Mastantuono
- The dugout The manager makes Pablo Ferreira a promise
- Market The market said no: Dani Pérez stays put