The Celta Herald
Squad22 Aug 2039
Halam Loboa damages knee ligaments — 74 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 74 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad22 Aug 2039
Williot Swedberg breaks a bone — 63 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 63 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market22 Aug 2039
Halam Loboa is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Celta is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Aug 2039
Words at Celta training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hugo Álvarez 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.
Squad22 Aug 2039
Tempers go at Celta
Manu Sánchez 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.
Boardroom22 Aug 2039
12 academy players handed senior numbers at Celta
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market22 Aug 2039
Pol Muñoz steps up from the Celta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pol Muñoz has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Aug 2039
Celta promote Felipe Gallardo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe Gallardo 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.
Market22 Aug 2039
One of our own: Ignacio Suárez joins the Celta first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ignacio Suárez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Celta board go back on their word
- Player ratings Giuliano Simeone runs at them all day
- Match No goals between Celta and Betis