The Alavés Sentinel
Squad14 Sep 2026
Raúl Fernández keeps Alavés in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Sep 2026
Nowhere to hide for Alavés
0‑3 against Betis, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market14 Sep 2026
Carles Aleñá 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 Alavés can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Carles Aleñá was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jon Pacheco 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 Alavés this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Door shut on Agustín Medina
Alavés asked and Lanús said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market14 Sep 2026
Alavés promote Jorge Suárez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Suárez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market14 Sep 2026
Miguel Vega steps up from the Alavés academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Vega 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Pablo Ibañez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout Nahuel Tenaglia gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Doors closed at Alavés
- The dugout The manager’s verdict