The Málaga Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Málaga make their move for Isi Palazón
$6.5M on the table at Rayo Vallecano. 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
Cruz Azul tell Málaga: Nicolás Ibáñez is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Duvan Quintero
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Málaga have done the hard part with La Equidad, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alfonso Herrero signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alfonso Herrero commits to Málaga for another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Álex Pastor attracts admirers
The name of Álex Pastor has come up in conversations Málaga were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mateo García steps up from the Málaga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mateo García 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fernando López joins the Málaga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando López 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
David Domínguez steps up from the Málaga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Domínguez 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Málaga
Adam Aznou 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.
In brief
- The dugout Alfonso Herrero asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout No hiding place for Rafita
- Squad A wage question at Málaga