The Real Sociedad Gazette
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Real Sociedad agree $30.5M for Fermín
The clubs have shaken hands with Barcelona; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Juan Brunetta due for a Real Sociedad medical
Everything agreed with Cádiz, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Match21 Aug 2027
Chastening afternoon for Real Sociedad
A 0‑3 beating by Alavés was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on García Pascual
Real Sociedad asked and Cádiz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Too dear: Real Sociedad walk away from Cucho Hernández
$7.0M was the most the club would pay and Betis were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Aihen Muñoz puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Real Sociedad, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Wojciech Szczęsny keeps Real Sociedad in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Takefusa Kubo runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Real Sociedad
Mikel Oyarzábal and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Boardroom Graduation day at Real Sociedad
- The dugout No hiding place for Jon Aramburu
- Market One of our own: Eduardo Ramírez joins the Real Sociedad first team