The Osasuna Chronicle
The terraces10 Jul 2034
Anger at Osasuna spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad10 Jul 2034
Álvaro Santos says Osasuna 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.
Squad10 Jul 2034
Tempers go at Osasuna
Alejandro Catena 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.
Squad10 Jul 2034
Fernando Fuentes is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 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.
Boardroom10 Jul 2034
Osasuna still without a manager
9 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Squad10 Jul 2034
A late step up for Davit Kvilitaia
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market10 Jul 2034
Burgos are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Osasuna will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market10 Jul 2034
Davit Kvilitaia placed on the list
Osasuna have made Davit Kvilitaia available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market10 Jul 2034
Daniel López leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daniel López leaves Osasuna the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market The Nil Cortés question follows Osasuna around
- Boardroom The Osasuna production line keeps running