The Real Santander Post
Market20 Dec 2027
Álex Segura asks to leave Real Santander
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces20 Dec 2027
Real Santander sell a favourite for $560.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Santiago Ahumada was one of the reasons people came, and $560.0K does not replace that by itself.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Damián Fernández is named among the best
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Real Santander will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad20 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Real Santander
Álex Segura 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.
Market20 Dec 2027
Santiago Ahumada moves on
Aguilas Doradas pay $560.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad20 Dec 2027
The golden glove goes to Damián Fernández
14 clean sheets across a season, and the one award on the pitch nobody else is eligible for. Most keepers get through a whole career without a year like it.
In brief
- Squad Martín Ramírez gets the move he always wanted
- Market Leones join the queue for Juan David Lázaro
- Market Real Santander buy the years ahead of Dylan Jams
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Freddy Espinal at Zamora