The Sabadell Courier
Boardroom11 Aug 2036
The scrutiny sharpens at Sabadell
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Sabadell is running low.
Market11 Aug 2036
Sabadell say no — this time
The offer from Ponferradina for Vladyslav Vanat was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad11 Aug 2036
Tempers go at Sabadell
Kensly Vázquez 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.
Squad11 Aug 2036
A row about effort at Sabadell
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marco Sulzner was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets11 Aug 2036
Door shut on Flavien-Enzo Boyomo
Sabadell asked and Sevilla said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom11 Aug 2036
Wages eat 132% of everything Sabadell earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Boardroom11 Aug 2036
The borrowing at Sabadell reaches $88.4M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $88.4M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
Market11 Aug 2036
Still no ink between Sabadell and Marco Sulzner
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sabadell, another week without a signature from Marco Sulzner.
Squad11 Aug 2036
Alireza Azmoun 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 Sabadell know it.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured at Sabadell
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ivan Rajčić
- Market The Kensly Vázquez talk will not go away