The Eibar Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jon Bautista stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jon Bautista and Eibar agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Eibar
Anaitz Arbilla 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Barcelona tell Eibar: Ander Astralaga 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
Pablo Blanco steps up from the Eibar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Blanco 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
One of our own: Francisco Martínez joins the Eibar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Martínez 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
Mateo Peña steps up from the Eibar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mateo Peña 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
Eibar promote Luis Bravo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Bravo 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Imanol falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Eibar ask about Adnan Lukaku
A loan enquiry to Mouscron: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Eibar are still learning each other
- The dugout Jon Bautista knocks on the manager's door