The Valladolid Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
Celta come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Valladolid did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Valladolid
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
Words at Valladolid training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stanko Jurić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ramón 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marcos André gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pol Fernández joins the Valladolid first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pol Fernández 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: Jan León joins the Valladolid first team
- Market Leo Nieto steps up from the Valladolid academy
- Squad 5 new faces, and Valladolid are still learning each other
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Valladolid