The Villarreal Chronicle
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Aurélien Tchouaméni at that price
Villarreal offered $34.7M; Real Madrid said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Villarreal rebuffed over Antony
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Betis have kept their man, and Villarreal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Villarreal turn down Racing Genk for Sergi Cardona
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Villarreal
Péter Gulácsi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Villarreal
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Villarreal promote Víctor Ramos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Víctor Ramos 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Villarreal promote Luken Molina from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luken Molina 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Javier Márquez joins the Villarreal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Javier Márquez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 25443. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Villarreal
- Squad No place for Alejandro Almaraz in the new shape
- The dugout Renato Veiga knocks on the manager’s door