The Villarreal Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $38.2M 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
Barcelona come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Villarreal did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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 Vinícius Júnior
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $35.4M — a club that wants Vinícius Júnior 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
Door shut on Unai Simón
Villarreal asked and Athletic Bilbao said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Pape Guèye
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pape Guèye, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Villarreal promote Aimar Santana from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aimar Santana 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
Villarreal promote Mateo Cano from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo Cano 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Iván Jiménez joins the Villarreal first team
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Villarreal
- The dugout Santi Comesaña knocks on the manager's door