The Granada Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Granada
Oscar Naasei 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Granada
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Granada promote Biel Garrido from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Biel Garrido 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Javier Navarro joins the Granada first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Javier Navarro is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Granada promote Ignacio Gutiérrez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Gutiérrez 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jorge Herrera steps up from the Granada academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jorge Herrera 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Granada turn down the training-ground plan
It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A wage question at Granada
José Arnáiz has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Nathan
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Granada has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- The terraces The stands have heard the Oscar Naasei talk too
- Squad Luca Zidane has company in his position