The Racing Santander Courier
Market13 Aug 2029
Jorge Salinas agrees terms with Athletic Bilbao
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Racing Santander people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market13 Aug 2029
Christos Kamtsis asks to leave Racing Santander
“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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A row about effort at Racing Santander
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Iván Martín was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Words exchanged at Racing Santander
Pablo Ramón 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
No place for Jorge Salinas in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Jorge Salinas has his answer from Racing Santander; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market13 Aug 2029
Racing Santander promote Aimar Cabrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aimar Cabrera 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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
10 new faces, and Racing Santander are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
Pablo Ramón gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Pablo Ramón is on it.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
Pablo García asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Nerves in the Racing Santander squad
- Boardroom The Racing Santander production line keeps running