The Almería Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
66 days out for Álex Muñoz after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Almería will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Almería make their move for Isi Palazón
$8.2M on the table at Rayo Vallecano. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Almería rebuffed over Ionuţ Radu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Celta have kept their man, and Almería go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Almería pay Betis $2.1M for a proper upgrade
Betis did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $2.1M for Ezequiel Ávila, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Almería go back to the board over Isi Palazón
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $11.4M — a club that wants Isi Palazón enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sergio Arribas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sergio Arribas commits to Almería for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daijiro Chirino in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Almería this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Almería promote José Torres from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. José Torres has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Izei Sánchez joins the Almería first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Izei Sánchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market David Camacho steps up from the Almería academy
- Squad Home is on Thalys's mind
- The dugout No hiding place for Álex Muñoz