The Real Sociedad Gazette
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
$24.1M settles it between the clubs for Karim Konaté
Twente have accepted the money. What Real Sociedad do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on Leonardo Campana
Real Sociedad asked and Paris Saint-Germain said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match21 Aug 2027
Real Sociedad win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 90th minute. Levante will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market23 Aug 2027
Real Sociedad sell Sergio Gómez for $13.1M
Sergio Gómez has left for Cartagena in a $13.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Takefusa Kubo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Racing Ferrol join the queue for Jon Martín
Add another name to the list: Racing Ferrol have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Jon Martín. The answer from Real Sociedad has not changed — yet.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Real Sociedad
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: David Domínguez joins the Real Sociedad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Domínguez 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 One of our own: Felipe Gutiérrez joins the Real Sociedad first team
- Match Mikel Oyarzábal the difference as Real Sociedad beat Levante
- Squad Daniel Blanco out for 39 days