The Elche Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Osasuna come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Elche did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Elche
Kevin Lomónaco 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Víctor Chust signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Víctor Chust commits to Elche for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Elche rebuffed over Mateo Mendoza
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Godoy Cruz have kept their man, and Elche go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Elche promote Carlos Pérez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Pérez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
David Vidal steps up from the Elche academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Vidal 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
One of our own: Juan Gutiérrez joins the Elche first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Gutiérrez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luis Hernández is a square peg at Elche
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Víctor Chust knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Elche, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Ezequiel Ponce remains an outsider
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Luis Hernández