The Ceuta Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlos Hernández hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ceuta can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ceuta make their move for Izan Merino
$3.2M on the table at Málaga. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Carlos López turns down Ceuta
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Málaga keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ceuta rebuffed over Guille Bueno
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Valladolid have kept their man, and Ceuta go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Adrián Lapeña stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Adrián Lapeña and Ceuta agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ceuta
José Matos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Ceuta training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Lapeña 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Pol Aguilar joins the Ceuta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pol Aguilar 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
One of our own: Eduardo Núñez joins the Ceuta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Núñez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Ceuta promote Ignacio Martín from within
- The dugout No hiding place for Álex Petxarromán
- Squad No place for Álex Pérez in the new shape