The Elche Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Natan
Elche asked and Betis said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Elche agree $1.6M for Ezequiel Burdin
The clubs have shaken hands with Defensa y Justicia; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Elche
Ross Barkley and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Víctor Chust signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Víctor Chust commits to Elche for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jon Herrera joins the Elche first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jon Herrera 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
Elche promote David Herrero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Herrero 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: Gabriel Hernández joins the Elche first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Hernández 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
Elche promote Martí Domínguez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martí Domínguez 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
The manager makes an example of Buba Sangaré
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout Víctor Chust knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Ross Barkley remains an outsider
- Squad Kevin Lomónaco walks taller at Elche