The Algeciras Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Víctor Ruiz damages knee ligaments — 147 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 147 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Algeciras agree $1.7M for Selton
The clubs have shaken hands with Athletic Bilbao; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mohamed Djetei arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Mohamed Djetei has, at Algeciras, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Juanma signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Juanma and Algeciras agree another 2 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Betis tell Algeciras: Manu González 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Algeciras
Lucas Ontivero 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
One of our own: Alberto Pérez joins the Algeciras first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alberto Pérez 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: Pol Romero joins the Algeciras first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pol Romero 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
Algeciras promote Iván Vidal from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Iván Vidal 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.
In brief
- Market Vicente Márquez steps up from the Algeciras academy
- The dugout Juanma asks for a word with the manager