The Zaragoza Chronicle
Market16 Jul 2029
Sem Westerveld puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zaragoza, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market16 Jul 2029
Arouna Sanganté wants more than Zaragoza are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market16 Jul 2029
Zaragoza may not be able to give Samed Baždar what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Samed Baždar wants continental football; whether Zaragoza can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Tempers go at Zaragoza
Arouna Sanganté was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad16 Jul 2029
David Moreno is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad16 Jul 2029
A late step up for William Bianda
At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- Squad Words at Zaragoza training over how hard people work
- Market Real Sociedad are about to pick up the phone