The Racing Santander Courier
Market5 Jun 2028
Mariano Miño 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 Racing Santander can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Sebastián Ramírez gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Sebastián Ramírez has just signed for Racing Santander, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Iván Martín 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 Racing Santander this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Sergio Canales falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Niek Vossebelt wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Racing Santander know it.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Racing Santander ask about Giacomo Vrioni
A loan enquiry to Red Bull Salzburg: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Racing Santander ask about Arkadiusz Milik
A loan enquiry to Juventus: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Market5 Jun 2028
The Manu Hernando conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Real Sociedad will make the call about Manu Hernando this week. Racing Santander have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Market5 Jun 2028
Talks stall between Racing Santander and Maguette Guèye
“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.
In brief
- Market Pedro Felipe is free to find somewhere else
- The dugout Jorge Salinas knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout When it matters, Íñigo plays