The Villarreal Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ayoze Pérez damages knee ligaments — 53 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 53 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Villarreal turn down Real Madrid for Alberto Moleiro
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
Álvaro Fernández is a Villarreal player
The fee is $3.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Deportivo La Coruña drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Álvaro Fernández would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Álvaro Fernández is living that version at Villarreal, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Santi Comesaña 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 Villarreal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Villarreal
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Ayoze Pérez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ayoze Pérez, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sevilla join the queue for Arnau Tenas
Add another name to the list: Sevilla have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Arnau Tenas. The answer from Villarreal has not changed — yet.
Market17 Aug 2026
Pedro González steps up from the Villarreal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pedro González 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.
In brief
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Álvaro Fernández