The Córdoba Post
Squad20 Aug 2029
Ekaitz Jiménez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Córdoba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match18 Aug 2029
4 matches without a win for Córdoba
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Córdoba are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Juan Gutiérrez 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 Córdoba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market20 Aug 2029
Jesús Blanco is a Córdoba player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market20 Aug 2029
Álvaro García comes home
The shirt still fits. Álvaro García is back at Córdoba, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market20 Aug 2029
Martí Rojas comes home
The shirt still fits. Martí Rojas is back at Córdoba, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market20 Aug 2029
As if he never left: Jesús Ferrer returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Jesús Ferrer is a Córdoba player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Match18 Aug 2029
Valencia take the points off Córdoba
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Córdoba count the cost of losing Álex Martín
34 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Squad Carlos Albarrán gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Salim El Jebari in the eights
- Player ratings The one thing Carlos Guirao could not do