The Cartagena Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Athletic Bilbao tell Cartagena: Selton is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Higinio arrives at Cartagena in a $400.0K statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Cartagena have paid $400.0K for Higinio, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Joel Roca due for a Cartagena medical
Everything agreed with Olympiacos, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cartagena bid $510.0K for Edu Altozano
The offer went to Sevilla this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Cartagena
Pablo De Blasis 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Cartagena spend $400.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $400.0K for Higinio, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Manuel Sosa steps up from the Cartagena academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Manuel Sosa 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
Cartagena promote Leo Cano from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leo Cano 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
Jorge Flores steps up from the Cartagena academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jorge Flores 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Cartagena ask about Diego Mascardi
- Squad Higinio needs a bigger stage
- Squad 6 new faces, and Cartagena are still learning each other