The Osasuna Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Osasuna rebuffed over Antony
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Betis have kept their man, and Osasuna go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aimar raises the bar for Osasuna
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Osasuna heard it as anything else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Flavien-Enzo Boyomo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Flavien-Enzo Boyomo and Osasuna agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Octavio Ontivero gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Octavio Ontivero has just signed for Osasuna, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Osasuna
Alejandro Catena 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gabriel Aguilar joins the Osasuna first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Aguilar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Miguel Ortega steps up from the Osasuna academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Ortega 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Izei Castro steps up from the Osasuna academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Izei Castro 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jorge Herrando
“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.
In brief
- The dugout Flavien-Enzo Boyomo knocks on the manager's door
- Squad No place for Jeremía Recoba in the new shape
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Jeremía Recoba