The Zaragoza Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$2.5M settles it between the clubs for Davinchi
Getafe have accepted the money. What Zaragoza do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Óscar Marcos
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Zaragoza have done the hard part with Celta, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zaragoza make their move for Mario De Luis
$4.1M on the table at Atlético Madrid. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zaragoza rebuffed over Jeremía Recoba
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Las Palmas have kept their man, and Zaragoza go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Zaragoza go back to the board over Óscar Marcos
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $2.7M — a club that wants Óscar Marcos enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dani Gómez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dani Gómez and Zaragoza agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Zaragoza
Paul Akouokou 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leganés join the queue for Paulino De la Fuente
Add another name to the list: Leganés have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Paulino De la Fuente. The answer from Zaragoza has not changed — yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pedro Cabrera joins the Zaragoza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pedro Cabrera 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 Biel Sanz steps up from the Zaragoza academy
- Market One of our own: Ignacio Vázquez joins the Zaragoza first team
- The dugout Dani Gómez knocks on the manager’s door