The Villarreal Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Villarreal sign Lautaro Vargas for $4.4M
The paperwork is done: Lautaro Vargas joins from Unión de Santa Fe in a deal worth $4.4M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Lautaro Vargas would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Lautaro Vargas is living that version at Villarreal, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ayoze Pérez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ayoze Pérez and Villarreal agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Santi Comesaña 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Ayoze Pérez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ayoze Pérez, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mateo Méndez joins the Villarreal first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateo Méndez 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 Villarreal promote Raúl Garrido from within
- Market One of our own: Alejandro Vázquez joins the Villarreal first team
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Lautaro Vargas