The Valladolid Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Fernando Medina
40 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Valladolid lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Valladolid make their move for Pablo Ibañez
$16.1M on the table at Alavés. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valladolid say no — this time
The offer from Málaga for Mario Maroto was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Miguel Rubio signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miguel Rubio commits to Valladolid for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
The Iván Alejo conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: APOEL will make the call about Iván Alejo this week. Valladolid have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nil Parra steps up from the Valladolid academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nil Parra 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
Hugo Martín steps up from the Valladolid academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hugo Martín 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Valladolid
Mario Maroto 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Valladolid lose Álvaro Vargas
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Leandro Brey is in the works
- Transfer targets Valladolid ask about Unai Marrero
- The dugout Miguel Rubio knocks on the manager's door