The Elche Chronicle
Squad14 Jun 2027
139 days out for Christian Soria after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Elche will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Nico Ratti is a medical away from Elche
The deal with Andorra is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Ezequiel Ponce 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 Elche this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Alejandro Iturbe is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Elche
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thomas Lemar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market14 Jun 2027
Buba Sangaré attracts admirers
The name of Buba Sangaré has come up in conversations Elche were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market14 Jun 2027
Miguel Montero steps up from the Elche academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miguel Montero 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.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Roy Revivo gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Roy Revivo is on it.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Luciano Cingolani asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market The Martim Neto talk will not go away
- Market Pavlo Isenko arrives on loan
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Elche