The Betis Herald
Market23 Aug 2027
Horaţiu Moldovan is a Betis player
The fee is $7.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Atlético Madrid drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jaime Seoane asks to leave Betis
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jan Gallardo comes home
The shirt still fits. Jan Gallardo is back at Betis, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
Raúl Jiménez is a Betis player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Diego Llorente
“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.
Match21 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Betis against Celta
1-2 to Celta, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A promise the Betis board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Natan finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Betis have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Álvaro Fidalgo knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Betis, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Rodrigo Riquelme
- Squad Giovani Lo Celso loses a friend at Betis
- Boardroom Betis spend where nobody can see it