The Osasuna Chronicle
Market31 Aug 2026
Alejandro Catena hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Osasuna can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir, 35, rolls back the years — 7.88
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.88 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Osasuna
Flavien-Enzo Boyomo 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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Osasuna agree a free transfer for Jonatan Goya
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Osasuna rebuffed over Yan Diomandé
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Real Madrid have kept their man, and Osasuna go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
8 new faces, and Osasuna are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Match29 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir rescues a point for Osasuna
It needed Ante Budimir to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Sevilla, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Jonathan Dubasin
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Osasuna pick somebody else ahead of Diego Rico
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- The dugout Ignacio Fernández on the point
- Looking ahead Lucas Torró goes back to face Oviedo
- Squad Competition arrives for Lucas Torró