The Villarreal Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Antony at that price
Villarreal offered $38.2M; Betis said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market10 Aug 2026
Villarreal say no — this time
The offer from Barcelona for Alberto Moleiro was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Villarreal sign Jonás Luna for $3.4M
The paperwork is done: Jonás Luna joins from Wanderers in a deal worth $3.4M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Santi Comesaña stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Santi Comesaña and Villarreal agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Villarreal go back to the board over Antony
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $40.0M — a club that wants Antony enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Unai Marrero turns down Villarreal
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Real Sociedad keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jonás Luna gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jonás Luna has just signed for Villarreal, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Villarreal rebuffed over Lucas Cuffia
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Colón have kept their man, and Villarreal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Renato Veiga 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 Villarreal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Julen González joins the Villarreal first team
- Market Julen Solís steps up from the Villarreal academy
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Villarreal