The Málaga Gazette
Market28 Jun 2027
The unthinkable, invoiced: Fabián sold
Real Madrid arrived with $47.7M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.
The terraces28 Jun 2027
A $47.7M sale, and a town that did not want it
Fabián has gone, the accounts have $47.7M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Málaga
Edwuin Cetré 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Tomás Gauchat is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market28 Jun 2027
Eyes on Eneko Jauregi again
The phone has started ringing about Eneko Jauregi again, and this time the name on the line is OH Leuven. Málaga are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad28 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Málaga
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fernando Calero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad28 Jun 2027
A late step up for Dani Lorenzo
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market28 Jun 2027
A season away well spent by Rafita
33 games, 0 goals, and a squad option that has arrived without a fee attached. The interesting question at Málaga now is not whether he plays but who he displaces.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
Joaquín 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.
In brief
- Market Ángel Recio returns from a loan that gave him nothing
- The dugout A promise honoured at Málaga
- The dugout Alex Juárez gets picked when it counts