The Girona Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
99 days out for Paulo Gazzaniga after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Girona will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Sabir Bougrine 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.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Thalys: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Girona have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Hugo Burcio will not be coming to Girona
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Celta is saying, and nobody at Girona is enjoying the guessing.
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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Girona
5 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Girona promote Vicente León from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vicente León 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Víctor Ramírez joins the Girona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Víctor Ramírez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Carlos Duran joins the Girona first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Duran is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Girona come up short against Athletic Bilbao
- Boardroom A promise the Girona board did not keep
- The dugout The manager’s verdict