The Málaga Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $18.1M for César Gelabert
Málaga have gone to Gijón with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Málaga rebuffed over Ionuţ Radu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Celta have kept their man, and Málaga go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Málaga bid $1.7M for Selton
The offer went to Athletic Bilbao this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Málaga go back to the board over César Gelabert
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $24.4M — a club that wants César Gelabert enough to be asked twice.
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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Chupete
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chupete, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andrés Blanco steps up from the Málaga academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrés Blanco 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
Málaga promote Sergio Esteban from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergio Esteban 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Fuentes joins the Málaga first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Fuentes 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 Francisco Sierra steps up from the Málaga academy
- The dugout Alfonso Herrero asks for a word with the manager
- Squad A wage question at Málaga