The Almería Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Almería make their move for Marc Bartra
$620.0K on the table at Betis. 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
Ale Gomes will not be coming to Almería
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Zaragoza is saying, and nobody at Almería is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Javi Muñoz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Javi Muñoz commits to Almería for another 4 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
Juan Caballero steps up from the Almería academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Caballero has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mario Parra joins the Almería first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mario Parra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Gil steps up from the Almería academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Gil has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Almería promote Izei Ortega from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Izei Ortega 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Álex Muñoz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Álex Muñoz, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Almería are still learning each other
- The dugout Sergio Arribas knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad The dressing room has a star in it