Patrick Van Dijk

Left Wingback - Rayo Vallecano
19 Sep 2038
Sunday
Process

Marked for Patrick Van Dijk

627 Edition

The Rayo Vallecano Chronicle

2 Aug 2038
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Rayo Vallecano

Roger Ibañez 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.

Squad

Patrick Van Dijk is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 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.

Squad

Words at Rayo Vallecano training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrian Helm 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

Back issues
623 Edition

The Rayo Vallecano Chronicle

5 Jul 2038
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Roger Ibañez wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Rayo Vallecano hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Fran Pérez signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fran Pérez commits to Rayo Vallecano for another 2 years.

Squad

Álex Cardero 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 Rayo Vallecano this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief