The Valladolid Sentinel
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Valladolid
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Valladolid training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stanko Jurić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ramón in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Valladolid this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Julien Ponceau
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Roberto Caballero joins the Valladolid first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Caballero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Diego Bravo steps up from the Valladolid academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Bravo 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
- Market Valladolid promote Iván González from within
- Market One of our own: Sergio Cano joins the Valladolid first team
- Boardroom Valladolid are making the ground bigger
- Squad A wage question at Valladolid