Jon Gil

Left Midfielder - Celta Fortuna
22 Mar 2033
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The Celta Fortuna Sentinel

7 Feb 2033
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Not going: Thiago Parga stays at Celta Fortuna

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Racing Ferrol had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Squad

Thiago Parga keeps Celta Fortuna in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

So close: Aimar López’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Alcorcón moved on, Aimar López reports back to Celta Fortuna, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Match

A bad afternoon for Celta Fortuna against Pontevedra

0‑1 to Pontevedra, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Match

Celta Fortuna come up short against Real Sociedad B

Real Sociedad B left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

A month that belonged to Vicente Ramos

The young player of the month award goes to a 19-year-old at Celta Fortuna who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Market

Celta Fortuna and Javi Galán are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

“I want to play”: Luis Bilbao speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Squad

Vicente Ramos makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

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The Celta Herald

30 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Sergio Martínez has said yes to Sabadell

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Celta have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets

An offer of $6.8M for Terry Van De Ven

Celta have gone to Antwerp with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Market

Celta turn down Córdoba for Stiven Shpendi

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Pablo Ortiz puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Celta, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

César Tárrega goes up and wins it — 7.43

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.43 for the rest of it.

Market

Only the photograph left for Daniel Rus

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Daniel Rus will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Celta the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Celta

Couhaib Driouech 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.

Match

7 unbeaten for Celta

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Celta did not have in the autumn.

Squad

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.

In brief