The Real Sociedad Gazette
Squad21 Aug 2028
The knee: Diego Fagúndez out for 20 days
20 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Real Sociedad lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A one-man rearguard from Unai Marrero
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Aug 2028
Real Sociedad get their man
The chase for Lucas Alcázar ended with $8.7M changing hands and Castellón out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Jon Martín 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Lucas Alcázar arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Lucas Alcázar has, at Real Sociedad, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market21 Aug 2028
Jon Pacheco is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Real Sociedad is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
No thanks: Ali Houary rejects the move
Real Sociedad had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Elche, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Match19 Aug 2028
Nobody wants to play Real Sociedad right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Match19 Aug 2028
Real Sociedad keep winning on the road
4 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
In brief
- Boardroom 5 academy graduates step up at Real Sociedad
- Match Real Sociedad find a way past Celta
- Market Real Sociedad promote Iván Muñoz from within