The Gijón Herald
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Gaspar runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Gijón
César Gelabert 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gijón may not be able to give Santiago Silva what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Santiago Silva wants continental football; whether Gijón can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Match29 Aug 2026
César Gelabert sends Gijón past Granada
It finished 1‑0, and it was César Gelabert’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Gijón.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A masterclass from César Gelabert
Marked 8.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Gaspar named player of the week
One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Gaspar has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kevin Vázquez dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Manu Rodríguez is the weekend's best young player
At 20 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gijón add cover with Leandro Soares
It is the least glamorous business a club does and the reason seasons do not collapse in February. Leandro Soares is here for the weeks when three men are injured and somebody still has to play.
In brief
- Market Gijón borrow Filip Kostić
- Market Gijón bring in Álvaro Martín on loan
- Player ratings Nothing got past Guille Rosas