The Elche Chronicle
Market4 Oct 2027
Fer Niño asks to leave Elche
“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.
The dugout4 Oct 2027
Alan Mareco says Elche 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Pedro Bigas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pedro Bigas commits to Elche for another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Ezequiel Ponce in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Elche this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market4 Oct 2027
Mario Ramírez is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Elche is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout4 Oct 2027
Tete Morente 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
Elche come up short against Cádiz
Cádiz left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Oct 2027
A row about effort at Elche
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rubén Sánchez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
Octavio Ontivero counts the days
“I watch every Elche game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Auckland City runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad Elche are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Pedro Bigas knocks on the manager’s door