Nicolás Castillo

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Process

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The Celta Herald

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Sebastián Cáceres 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 Celta can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Vintage Borja Iglesias — 8.00

At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.00, and nobody on the pitch better.

Match

Whatever happens, Celta do not lose

9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

The dugout

Nicolás Castillo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Celta may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Javi Rodríguez wants more than Celta are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Ilaix Moriba 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 Celta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Santino Pasini is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.

Match

Nobody wins at Celta

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match

Celta get the job done against Elche

A 1‑0 win over Elche, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

In brief

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The Celta Herald

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

Celta make their move for Mojmír Chytil

$22.9M on the table at Lech. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Match

No end in sight to Celta's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Celta has to find a result from somewhere.

The dugout

Sebastián Cáceres: 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.” Celta have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Celta sign Iker Varela for $1.6M

The paperwork is done: Iker Varela joins from Athletic Bilbao in a deal worth $1.6M. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

A falling-out at Celta

Marcos Alonso and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings

Hugo Álvarez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Celta

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.

Transfer targets

Villarreal tell Celta: Diego Conde is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

One of our own: Izei Gallardo joins the Celta first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Izei Gallardo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief