The Real Santander Post
Market26 Nov 2029
Johao Camacho hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Real Santander can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Santiago Rey 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 Real Santander this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom26 Nov 2029
The numbers do not look good at Real Santander
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad26 Nov 2029
Freddy Espinal falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market26 Nov 2029
Real Santander promote Cristian Ramirez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristian Ramirez 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.
Market26 Nov 2029
One of our own: Julian Muriel joins the Real Santander first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Julian Muriel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Nov 2029
One of our own: Kevin Martinez joins the Real Santander first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
A promise honoured for Brandon Moreno
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Real Santander told Brandon Moreno something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout26 Nov 2029
Juan David Guillén has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Real Santander will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout Santiago Ahumada asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Jesús Mejía has seen what the next man earns
- Squad Questions about Jheison Solarte on the training pitch