The Mérida Chronicle
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Fernando Pacheco frozen out at Mérida
This is not rotation. Fernando Pacheco has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Mérida is pretending otherwise.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mérida turn down Voluntari for Àlex Guerrero
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Capi 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 Mérida this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Hugo Mallo is slowing down
At 36, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Mérida
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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Mérida
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hugo Mallo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on Adilson
Mérida asked and Elche said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mérida promote Santiago Ramos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Santiago Ramos 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Mérida promote Jon Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jon Castillo 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Daniel Vidal joins the Mérida first team
- Transfer targets Mérida try to borrow Alfio Oviedo
- The dugout Martín Solar asks for a word with the manager