The Atlético Madrid Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Oihan Sancet is a Atlético Madrid player
The fee is $67.9M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Athletic Bilbao drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Atlético Madrid get their man
The chase for Natan ended with $26.8M changing hands and Betis out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Atlético Madrid baulk at the price for Carlos Soler
Real Sociedad wanted more than $26.8M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Oihan Sancet gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Oihan Sancet has just signed for Atlético Madrid, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Atlético Madrid
Julián Álvarez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Atlético Madrid
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
$67.9M for Oihan Sancet, and Atlético Madrid supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Oihan Sancet from Athletic Bilbao for $67.9M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jon Solís steps up from the Atlético Madrid academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jon Solís 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
7 new faces, and Atlético Madrid are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Squad Natan is a square peg at Atlético Madrid
- Market The Ademola Lookman story refuses to die
- Looking ahead Kang-In Lee goes back to face Valencia