The Zaragoza Chronicle
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Zaragoza
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Thomas Partey: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Zaragoza have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market30 Aug 2027
Zaragoza get their man
The chase for Lucas Boyé ended with $12.7M changing hands and Alavés out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Samed Baždar is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Jan Eicher 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 The request is on a desk at Zaragoza, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market30 Aug 2027
Samed Baždar wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Zaragoza
Sebas Moyano 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A move David Junuzovic would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. David Junuzovic is living that version at Zaragoza, and it tends to show in the first month.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
Zaragoza spend $12.7M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $12.7M for Lucas Boyé, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
In brief
- Match Zaragoza come up short against Elche
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Lucas Boyé
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Valery