The Villarreal Chronicle
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Fee done, terms next for Mateo Retegui
Villarreal and Real Madrid have settled on $47.4M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Match19 Aug 2028
No mercy from Villarreal
Cádiz will want this one forgotten quickly: 5‑2, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Villarreal were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
A brace, and Ferran Jutglà takes the afternoon — 9.05
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ferran Jutglà provided it, and the 9.05 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market21 Aug 2028
Martín Satriano hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Villarreal can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Aug 2028
Villarreal say no — this time
The offer from Sevilla for Gerard Moreno 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.
Match19 Aug 2028
Villarreal end the wait against Cádiz
It had gone 7 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Match19 Aug 2028
Nobody could stop scoring
7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Villarreal and Cádiz in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
7 academy players handed senior numbers at Villarreal
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Villarreal rebuffed over Ilias Akhomach
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zaragoza have kept their man, and Villarreal go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ignacio Campos joins the Villarreal first team
- Market Villarreal promote Andrés López from within
- Squad Number 50 for Diego López