The Girona Chronicle
Market2 Aug 2027
Gabriël Misehouy 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Jules Koundé raises the bar for Girona
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Girona heard it as anything else.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Girona training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Éder Militão 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.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Door shut on Arnau Tenas
Girona asked and Villarreal said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Luka Iglesias joins the Girona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Iglesias is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Alberto Cabrera joins the Girona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alberto Cabrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A step back for Paulo Gazzaniga at Girona
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Luka Iglesias out for 24 days
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Luka Iglesias, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
When it matters, Álex Moreno plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Squad Éder Militão walks taller at Girona
- The dugout The manager makes Paulo Gazzaniga a promise
- The dugout Nathan knocks on the manager’s door