The Alavés Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $54.0M for Dani Vivian
Alavés have gone to Athletic Bilbao 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
Alavés say no — this time
The offer from Olympique de Marseille for Antonio Sivera 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Mariano stays at Alavés
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” St. Pauli had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lucas Boyé signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lucas Boyé and Alavés agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Alavés
Ander Guevara and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alavés promote Mateo González from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mateo González 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
Luis Giménez steps up from the Alavés academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis Giménez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Andrea Adorante is in the works
Alavés have made the call to Venezia. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alavés try to borrow Izan Merino
Málaga have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- The dugout Lucas Boyé asks for a word with the manager
- Squad The formation has left Emmanuel Gigliotti behind
- Squad A wage question at Alavés