The Alavés Sentinel
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nicolás Del Grecco damages knee ligaments — 99 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 99 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Miguel Rodríguez says Alavés went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market23 Aug 2027
Facundo Garcés 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 Alavés can pretend not to have heard.
Market23 Aug 2027
Alavés turn down Westerlo for Facundo Garcés
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Alavés's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Alavés has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Alavés
Lucas Boyé was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Joselito at Alavés
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Joselito is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Alavés
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Pablo Ibañez has improved at 28, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
In brief
- Market Alavés promote Markel Márquez from within
- Market Alavés promote Jesús Solís from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Alavés against Las Palmas