The Villarreal B Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Rubén Gómez stays at Villarreal B
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Tarazona had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pau Cabanes stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Pau Cabanes and Villarreal B agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pau Cabanes 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 B this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jean Ives Valou
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jean Ives Valou, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pau Cabanes has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Villarreal B will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Villarreal B and Eneko Ortiz
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Villarreal B, another week without a signature from Eneko Ortiz.
In brief
- The dugout Daniel Budesca knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The clock runs on Lautaro Spatz's contract
- Squad A wage question at Villarreal B
- Market Eneko Ortiz's people are making calls