The Racing Santander Courier
Market14 Sep 2026
Valencia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Racing Santander did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Racing Santander
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Racing Santander are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Racing Santander training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álvaro Mantilla is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Racing Santander
Kauã Elias was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Juan Carlos Arana in the eights
A performance of 8.41 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Andrés Martín runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
Juan Carlos Arana rescues a point for Racing Santander
It needed Juan Carlos Arana to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Deportivo La Coruña, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market14 Sep 2026
Racing Santander buy the years ahead of Álvaro Vidal
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market14 Sep 2026
Racing Santander sign Juan Cabrera, one for the future
Juan Cabrera is 14, and Racing Santander have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Racing Santander buy the years ahead of Luis Blanco
- Squad Simon Eriksson asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Asier Villalibre finally opens his account