The Elche Chronicle
Squad17 Aug 2026
Joaquín gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Joaquín has just signed for Elche, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Elche
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Germán Valera falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Roberto Flores joins the Elche first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Flores is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Elche promote Rubén Fuentes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rubén Fuentes 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: Manuel Álvarez joins the Elche first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Manuel Álvarez 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 One of our own: Raúl Montero joins the Elche first team
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Elche
- Squad Matías Dituro has company in his position
- Squad Marc Aguado has seen what the next man earns