The Huesca Courier
Squad23 Aug 2027
The knee: Ricardo Díaz out for 19 days
19 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Huesca lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Julio Alonso says Huesca went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market23 Aug 2027
Leonel Álvarez asks to leave Huesca
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
David Alaba in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Huesca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Huesca
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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Juan Pablo Barinaga sends Huesca past Almería
It finished 3‑2, and it was Juan Pablo Barinaga’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Huesca.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Huesca
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Pablo Barinaga was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Cristian Rivero
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market23 Aug 2027
Rubén Gallardo steps up from the Huesca academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rubén Gallardo 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.
In brief
- Market Huesca promote Ignacio Torres from within
- Market One of our own: Mateo Serrano joins the Huesca first team
- Player ratings One of those days for Manuel López