The Ourense CF Courier
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Unai Ropero is a medical away from Ourense CF
The deal with Alavés is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Ourense CF
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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Ourense CF rebuffed over Ramón Vilà
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Córdoba have kept their man, and Ourense CF go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Ourense CF
Emerson Rubio and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ourense CF promote David Bravo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Bravo 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
Francisco León steps up from the Ourense CF academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francisco 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
Ourense CF promote Antonio Herrero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antonio Herrero 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
Ourense CF promote Aimar Ramírez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aimar Ramírez 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Hugo Sanz 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Luca Marino is in the works
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Ourense CF
- The dugout Miguel Prado gets picked when it counts