The Oviedo Post
Squad6 Aug 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jack Onganya
59 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Oviedo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market6 Aug 2035
Pedro Ferrer asks to leave Oviedo
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom6 Aug 2035
The scrutiny sharpens at Oviedo
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Oviedo is running low.
Squad6 Aug 2035
Alberto Reina: 9 seasons and counting
645 appearances across 9 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Oviedo know exactly what they have.
Squad6 Aug 2035
Tempers go at Oviedo
Alberto Reina 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.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2035
Oviedo rebuffed over David Bourgeois
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cádiz have kept their man, and Oviedo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market6 Aug 2035
Luis Rojas steps up from the Oviedo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis Rojas 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.
Market6 Aug 2035
Oviedo promote Daniel León from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel 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.
Market6 Aug 2035
Oviedo promote Jaime Ríos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jaime Ríos 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
- Squad Samuel Quainoo falls out with a teammate over standards
- Transfer targets A loan move for Antonio David is in the works
- The dugout Axel Ledesma knocks on the manager's door