The Celta Herald
Market9 Aug 2027
Joaquín asks to leave Celta
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Williot Swedberg signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Williot Swedberg and Celta agree another 5 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Celta
Ionuţ Radu 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Tomas Valdecantos is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Ilaix Moriba falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Door shut on José Campaña
Celta asked and Ceuta said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market9 Aug 2027
Celta promote Gonzalo Vargas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gonzalo Vargas 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
One of our own: Andrés Sánchez joins the Celta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrés Sánchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market9 Aug 2027
Celta promote Luis Cabrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luis Cabrera 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.
In brief
- The dugout Rodrigo Mazur gets it from the manager
- The dugout Álvaro Núñez gets picked when it counts
- The dugout A door opens for Iago Aspas