The Oviedo Post
Market17 Jan 2028
Carlos Fernández asks to leave Oviedo
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market17 Jan 2028
Oviedo turn down Racing Santander for Aarón Escandell
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Jan 2028
Pol Tristán moves on
Rayo Vallecano pay $2.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Oviedo
Aarón Escandell 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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Carlos Domínguez 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.
Market17 Jan 2028
Dani Villahermosa attracts admirers
The name of Dani Villahermosa has come up in conversations Oviedo were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match15 Jan 2028
Ilyas Chaira sends Oviedo past Real Sociedad
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ilyas Chaira’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Oviedo.
Player ratings17 Jan 2028
A masterclass from Ilyas Chaira
Marked 8.36 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Ilyas Chaira is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.29 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
In brief
- Squad Jon Blanco signs on for more
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Alejo Sarco
- Player ratings Pablo Sáenz ran the game