The Albacete Herald
Market23 Aug 2027
Mario Soberón puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Albacete, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Andy Irving will not be coming to Albacete
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Rosenborg is saying, and nobody at Albacete is enjoying the guessing.
Market23 Aug 2027
Albacete say no — this time
The offer from Real Avilés for Luciano Pereyra was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Albacete rebuffed over Aiham Ousou
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. KAA Gent have kept their man, and Albacete go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A new deal for Santiago Fuentes
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Albacete
Jesús Vallejo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Albacete
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.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Munir
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Munir, and the manager let it.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Héctor Medina joins the Albacete first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Héctor Medina is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.