The Albacete Herald
Market5 Sep 2033
Apollon watching Antonio Pacheco
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Albacete have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Transfer targets5 Sep 2033
Tomás Márquez is a medical away from Albacete
The deal with Barcelona is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market5 Sep 2033
Carlos Ortiz asks to leave Albacete
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom5 Sep 2033
Window shuts: 22 in, 14 out at Albacete
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 22 arrived, 14 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market5 Sep 2033
Jesús Vallejo wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Albacete hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad5 Sep 2033
Antonio Pacheco signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio Pacheco commits to Albacete for another 3 years.
Squad5 Sep 2033
A row about effort at Albacete
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Róber was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad5 Sep 2033
A falling-out at Albacete
Álex Rubio and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings5 Sep 2033
Nobody could get near Víctor Valverde
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Match Late, late show earns Albacete a point
- Market A long bet from Albacete on Iván Reyes
- Squad 5 new faces, and Albacete are still learning each other