The Racing Santander Courier
Squad28 May 2035
Eduardo Martín damages knee ligaments — 35 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 35 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.
Squad28 May 2035
A fracture rules Íñigo Vicente out for 30 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Racing Santander will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market28 May 2035
Arda Tuncay puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Racing Santander, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout28 May 2035
Radja Alderweireld says Racing Santander went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad28 May 2035
Words exchanged at Racing Santander
Aaron Centurión and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad28 May 2035
Nicolás Gil out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Nicolás Gil, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout28 May 2035
The manager makes an example of Solal Théréau
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout28 May 2035
Milan Lexa has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Racing Santander will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market28 May 2035
The Lautaro Espeche story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lautaro Espeche signs something — a contract at Racing Santander or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Lautaro Espeche a promise
- Market Lautaro Espeche runs his contract down
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Julen Ramírez