The Almería Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $9.9M for Ionuţ Radu
Almería have gone to Celta with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Almería go back to the board over Ionuţ Radu
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $10.6M — a club that wants Ionuţ Radu enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Marc Bernal
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Almería have done the hard part with Barcelona, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sergio Arribas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sergio Arribas commits to Almería for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daijiro Chirino 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 Almería this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Sergio Arribas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sergio Arribas, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ignacio Vázquez joins the Almería first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Vázquez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Lucas Iglesias joins the Almería first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lucas Iglesias is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ignacio Torres joins the Almería first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Torres 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 Jorge Prieto steps up from the Almería academy
- Squad Home is on Thalys's mind
- Squad 7 new faces, and Almería are still learning each other