From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match13 Nov 2027
Queretaro left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad15 Nov 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Rodolfo Cota knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
Iván Rodríguez : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Ismael Díaz , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match6 Nov 2027
Dorados made Leon work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The terraces8 Nov 2027
The spotlight tightens on Rodolfo Cota
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad8 Nov 2027
2 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match27 Oct 2027
Leon out of the cupPumas UNAM ended it 3-3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad1 Nov 2027
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cota
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match30 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match30 Oct 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market1 Nov 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad25 Oct 2027
Rayan Elloumi : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market25 Oct 2027
The name of Juan Pablo Domínguez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad18 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Iván Moreno : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match16 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Leon against Toluca
0-2 to Toluca , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Dorados to sit and watch. I want to come back to Leon and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market18 Oct 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market11 Oct 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Match9 Oct 2027
Three points for Leon , 2-1 the final word against Chiapas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Rodolfo Cota gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Jordi Cortizo 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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market11 Oct 2027
The name of Rodrigo Echeverría keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Oct 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad4 Oct 2027
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Óscar Jiménez commits to Leon for another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Zahid Muñoz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match2 Oct 2027
Honours even between Leon and Morelia
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Leon will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match25 Sep 2027
Pachuca made Leon work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market27 Sep 2027
The name of Juan Pablo Domínguez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad20 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cota
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match18 Sep 2027
Leon get the job done against Puebla A 1-0 win over Puebla , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Leon , and 3 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market20 Sep 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The shirt belongs to Ismael Díaz now
At 30 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Leon have a decision that made itself.
Market20 Sep 2027
Leon have made Aarón Arredondo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
7 starts and a season average of 6.95. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Beltrán and Leon agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match11 Sep 2027
Leon and Tijuana take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market13 Sep 2027
The name of Rodrigo Echeverría keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad6 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cota
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Nicolás Vallejo : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Jaine Barreiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 54 days on the sidelines for Óscar Jiménez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match4 Sep 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market6 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cota
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match28 Aug 2027
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Monterrey , and it could have been more.
Market30 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Jaine Barreiro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market30 Aug 2027
The name of Juan Pablo Domínguez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Ismael Díaz unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Ismael Díaz has let it be known that he does not like the way Leon are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Market30 Aug 2027
Leon put Dodô up for saleThe list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Dodô may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
5 appearances at Morelia and the goals keep coming. Leon are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad23 Aug 2027
Iván Moreno : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Iván Moreno Iván Moreno: that is not what I was promised
Match21 Aug 2027
Pumas UNAM left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Dorados to sit and watch. I want to come back to Leon and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Market23 Aug 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The shirt belongs to Rodolfo Cota now
At 40 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Leon have a decision that made itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Leo Suárez may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Carlos Higuera : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market16 Aug 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Leon will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adonis Preciado commits to Leon for another 4 years.
Match14 Aug 2027
Honours even between Leon and Tigres
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cota
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market9 Aug 2027
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
The fee is $2.1M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Tijuana drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 84 days on the sidelines for Óscar Jiménez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market9 Aug 2027
The fee is $340.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Santos Laguna drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market2 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match31 Jul 2027
Santos Laguna left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Valentín Gauthier commits to Leon for another 4 years.
Market2 Aug 2027
The name of Juan Pablo Domínguez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Diego Arteaga is back at Leon , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market26 Jul 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market26 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Jesus Jimenez is back at Leon , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market26 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Hugo Ramirez is back at Leon , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 74 days on the sidelines for Stefan Medina , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match24 Jul 2027
Leon get the job done against Veracruz A 2-1 win over Veracruz , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Jul 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Leon have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
Boardroom
Leon spend it where nobody looks
The terraces
The press have found their man in Paul Bellón
Boardroom
The Leon production line keeps running
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Leon have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market19 Jul 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Leon has been clear about where Luis Alfonso Rodríguez stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market19 Jul 2027
Morelia are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Leon will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market19 Jul 2027
The name of Jordi Cortizo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Nicolás Vallejo 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.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market12 Jul 2027
Iván Moreno 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
115 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Federico Viñas and Leon agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Jul 2027
73 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Market5 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Carlos Higuera commits to Leon for another 3 years.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Leo Suárez gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 2027
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market28 Jun 2027
The paperwork is done: Carlos Higuera joins from Tijuana in a deal worth $340.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad28 Jun 2027
103 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market28 Jun 2027
Bryan Colula has left for Monterrey in a $500.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diego Reyes commits to Leon for another 2 years.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Zahid Muñoz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market21 Jun 2027
Chiapas pay $990.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market21 Jun 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Leon have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market21 Jun 2027
Experience through the door at Leon
Diego Reyes arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Iván Moreno gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Paul Bellón knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
Cruz Azul come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Leon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Jun 2027
SC Freiburg pay $7.2M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad14 Jun 2027
147 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
105 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stefan Medina and Leon agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Leon will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
29 appearances away from home and 13 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Jordan García
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market7 Jun 2027
The name of Jordi Cortizo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Óscar Jiménez knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad31 May 2027
The medical room confirms 53 days on the sidelines for Juan Pablo Domínguez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 May 2027
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Jaine Barreiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Oliver Melgoza and Leon agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market31 May 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Market31 May 2027
Luis Lee leaves for nothingContract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Luis Lee leaves Leon the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Leon , and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Market24 May 2027
The name of Rodrigo Echeverría keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad17 May 2027
137 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 May 2027
The name of Diber Cambindo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market10 May 2027
Jordan García 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch10 May 2027
29 appearances away from home and 13 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad10 May 2027
Jordi Cortizo 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad3 May 2027
The medical room confirms 64 days on the sidelines for Jaine Barreiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 May 2027
Jordi Cortizo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Paul Bellón Paul Bellón says Leon went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
Zahid Muñoz : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
28 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Iván Rodríguez knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Zahid Muñoz Zahid Muñoz: that is not what I was promised
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Jordan García
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
27 appearances away from home and 11 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market19 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Oliver Melgoza has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
Nicolás Vallejo : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Leo Suárez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market12 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market5 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market5 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad29 Mar 2027
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
24 appearances at Oviedo and the goals keep coming. Leon are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Uneasy
Market22 Mar 2027
Jordan García 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market22 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Salvador Reyes joins up with his country. Leon lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Leon that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Jaine Barreiro joins up with his country. Leon lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
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Uneasy
Market15 Mar 2027
Leo Suárez 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Match13 Mar 2027
5 matches without a win for Leon
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Leon are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.54 with 12 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Mar 2027
It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Jordi Cortizo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market8 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
11 goals and a season average of 7.51. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match6 Mar 2027
4 matches without a win for Leon
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Leon are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jaine Barreiro commits to Leon for another 3 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ismael Díaz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch8 Mar 2027
22 appearances at Oviedo and the goals keep coming. Leon are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Steady
Market1 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Iván Moreno : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match27 Feb 2027
1-3 to Guadalajara , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Dodô Dodô asks to leave Leon
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Vegas
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Iván Rodríguez will call it something else in private.
Squad1 Mar 2027
One booking too many, and Juan Pablo Domínguez sits out. Leon lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
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Steady
Market22 Feb 2027
Jordan García 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match20 Feb 2027
Club America left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Feb 2027
5 goals and a season average of 7.37. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Óscar Jiménez knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market15 Feb 2027
Leo Suárez 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Market15 Feb 2027
The name of Oliver Melgoza has come up in conversations Leon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Feb 2027
Toluca take the points off Leon Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Óscar Jiménez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Match6 Feb 2027
4-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market8 Feb 2027
“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.
Market8 Feb 2027
The deal that would have taken Jordan García to Guadalajara has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Leon with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad8 Feb 2027
11 goals and a season average of 7.55. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match6 Feb 2027
Leon cannot stop winning3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Ismael Díaz left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Ismael Díaz will call it something else in private.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market8 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nicolás Vallejo unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Nicolás Vallejo has let it be known that he does not like the way Leon are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
A season average of 7.50 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match30 Jan 2027
Three points for Leon , 2-1 the final word against Morelia in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market1 Feb 2027
Guadalajara are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Leon will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch1 Feb 2027
17 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 38 with 19 appearances behind him, and Leon have to plan for both answers.
Market1 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 Feb 2027
At 30 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Leon have a decision that made itself.
The terraces1 Feb 2027
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Uneasy
Match23 Jan 2027
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market25 Jan 2027
Jordan García 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Diber Cambindo has come up in conversations Leon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Iván Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad25 Jan 2027
5 goals and a season average of 7.39. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
95% of the income goes out in wages at Leon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market25 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Leon will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market25 Jan 2027
Ismael Díaz linked with a move awayThe name of Ismael Díaz keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Paul Bellón knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match16 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Jan 2027
9 goals and a season average of 7.46. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match16 Jan 2027
Leon come up short against Puebla Puebla left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market18 Jan 2027
The name of Daniel Arcila has come up in conversations Leon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Iván Rodríguez 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.
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Crisis
Match9 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Market11 Jan 2027
The bid was some way short and Leon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The fee is $410.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Morelia drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad11 Jan 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match9 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Leon against Tijuana
0-1 to Tijuana , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Leon lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Market11 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match2 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market4 Jan 2027
Leo Suárez 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match2 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Leon against Cruz Azul
0-1 to Cruz Azul , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
14 appearances at Oviedo and the goals keep coming. Leon are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Leon will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad4 Jan 2027
One booking too many, and Fernando Beltrán sits out. Leon lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Market4 Jan 2027
Leon bring in an old headTimothy Chandler is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
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Crisis
Match26 Dec 2026
A hiding for Leon
Beaten 0-3 by Monterrey , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match26 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Leo Suárez says Leon went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Leo Suárez Leo Suárez says Leon went back on their word
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
157% of the income goes out in wages at Leon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Óscar Jiménez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Inquest at Leon
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Uneasy
Match19 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A season average of 7.49 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Jordi Cortizo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Market14 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match12 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 45 days on the sidelines for Luis Alfonso Rodríguez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A season average of 7.44 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match12 Dec 2026
Leon come up short against Tigres Tigres left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Steady
Match5 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Iván Moreno commits to Leon for another 3 years.
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Crisis
Squad30 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match28 Nov 2026
Santos Laguna left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
199% of the income goes out in wages at Leon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Crisis
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Veracruz left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom23 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Leon dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ismael Díaz wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Ismael Díaz has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Leon know, and have known for weeks.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
7 goals and a season average of 7.49. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match14 Nov 2026
A 2-2 draw with Queretaro leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Upbeat
Match7 Nov 2026
Leon get the job done against Dorados A 1-0 win over Dorados , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Dodô gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad9 Nov 2026
One booking too many, and Sebastián Vegas sits out. Leon lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Dodô Dodô gets it from the manager
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Steady
Match28 Oct 2026
The cup run ends for Leon
0-2 against Tijuana , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match31 Oct 2026
No mercy from Leon
Guadalajara will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Leon were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
199% of the income goes out in wages at Leon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Jordi Cortizo is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.37 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Leon will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
The terraces2 Nov 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Iván Rodríguez
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
7 appearances at Oviedo and the goals keep coming. Leon are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
Daniel Arcila : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Oct 2026
2-3 to Club America , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Vegas
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Oct 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match17 Oct 2026
Leon come up short against Toluca Toluca left with the points after a 2-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Emi Rodriguez and Leon agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Iván Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A season average of 7.32 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market19 Oct 2026
The name of Jordi Cortizo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Match10 Oct 2026
Three points for Leon , 1-0 the final word against Chiapas in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A season average of 7.24 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Óscar Sánchez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Leon lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Oct 2026
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Oscar García moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Upbeat
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match3 Oct 2026
Three points for Leon , 2-1 the final word against Morelia in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
298% of the income goes out in wages at Leon
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Nicolás Vallejo 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Gael Camarena leaves Leon the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market5 Oct 2026
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Jonathan Reyes moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
Market5 Oct 2026
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Kevin Mora leaves Leon the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Market5 Oct 2026
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Irving Martínez moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match26 Sep 2026
Honours even between Leon and Pachuca
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad28 Sep 2026
3 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Dodô 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Juan Pablo Domínguez has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Leon know, and have known for weeks.
Market28 Sep 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Bryan Colula may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Upbeat
Match19 Sep 2026
Three points for Leon , 1-0 the final word against Puebla in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Dodô knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Sep 2026
The name of Jordi Cortizo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Ismael Díaz unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Ismael Díaz has let it be known that he does not like the way Leon are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
3 appearances at Oviedo and the goals keep coming. Leon are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad21 Sep 2026
At 23 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Leon are won quietly and lost loudly.
Market21 Sep 2026
No fee, no negotiation, no argument: Joaquín Gasparini moves on to another club with his contract settled and the wage bill a little lighter.
Market21 Sep 2026
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Juan Brizuela leaves Leon the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Upbeat
Match12 Sep 2026
Tijuana made Leon work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Paul Bellón gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Leon have made Romeo Padrón available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Juan Pablo Domínguez plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The press cannot get enough of Nicolás Vallejo
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Crisis
Match5 Sep 2026
Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 305% of everything Leon earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Diber Cambindo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market7 Sep 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Leon will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Óscar Jiménez
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad7 Sep 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Leon have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market7 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
José Alvarado has left for Pachuca in a $2.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Leon against Monterrey
2-3 to Monterrey , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Salvador Reyes
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Market24 Aug 2026
Aalesund come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Leon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market24 Aug 2026
The name of José Alvarado has come up in conversations Leon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match22 Aug 2026
A 2-1 win over Pumas UNAM , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jordan García
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market24 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Leon
Dodô arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market24 Aug 2026
The name of Jordi Cortizo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad24 Aug 2026
At 37 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Leon are won quietly and lost loudly.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
The fee is $600.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Pumas UNAM drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Paolo Medina has left for Veracruz in a $820.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Vegas
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match15 Aug 2026
Tigres take the points off Leon Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leon bring in an old headErnesto Reyes is 35 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
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Upbeat
Squad10 Aug 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Diber Cambindo and Leon agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Leon have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match8 Aug 2026
Leon get the job done against Atlas A 1-0 win over Atlas , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Leon will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Diber Cambindo 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market3 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Leon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 Aug 2026
José Alvarado 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 Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Rodrigo Echeverría and Leon agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Jordan García has come up in conversations Leon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Iván Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.