The Valladolid Sentinel
Squad16 Aug 2038
Johannes Tahan breaks a bone — 16 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market16 Aug 2038
Johannes Tahan asks to leave Valladolid
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad16 Aug 2038
Álex Padilla in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Valladolid this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Aug 2038
Guille Bueno 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.
Squad16 Aug 2038
Johannes Tahan wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Valladolid know it.
Market16 Aug 2038
The Nolhann Bélise conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Burgos will make the call about Nolhann Bélise this week. Valladolid have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
In brief
- Market The Trilli story refuses to die
- Market Daniel Ríos leaves for nothing