The Real Sociedad Gazette
Market9 Aug 2027
Yangel Herrera has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Real Sociedad can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Igor Zubeldia 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 Real Sociedad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Real Sociedad bid $290.0K for Wojciech Szczęsny
The offer went to Barcelona this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Door shut on Federico Redondo
Real Sociedad 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.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Yangel Herrera
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yangel Herrera, and the manager let it.
Market9 Aug 2027
Real Sociedad promote Àlex Carrasco from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Àlex Carrasco 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Real Sociedad promote Ignacio Bravo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ignacio Bravo 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Ignacio Díaz steps up from the Real Sociedad academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ignacio Díaz has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at Real Sociedad training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Héctor Fort is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Real Sociedad count the cost of losing Tomás Blanco
- Squad 9 new faces, and Real Sociedad are still learning each other
- Transfer targets A loan move for Ángel Ortiz is in the works