The Villarreal Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $38.3M for Antony
Villarreal have gone to Betis with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Villarreal say no — this time
The offer from Real Madrid for Alberto Moleiro was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Almaraz gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Alejandro Almaraz has just signed for Villarreal, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Santi Comesaña stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Santi Comesaña and Villarreal agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Villarreal go back to the board over Antony
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $40.0M — a club that wants Antony enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Renato Veiga 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 Villarreal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Villarreal rebuffed over Augusto Batalla
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rayo Vallecano have kept their man, and Villarreal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jean Ives Valou
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jean Ives Valou, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Izei Ríos joins the Villarreal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Izei Ríos is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Villarreal promote Jon Rey from within
- Market One of our own: Francisco Jiménez joins the Villarreal first team
- Squad Daniel Budesca has had enough of the bench