The Albacete Herald
Market17 Aug 2026
Albacete say no — this time
The offer from OFI for Higinio was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Lucas Noubi due for a Albacete medical
Everything agreed with Deportivo La Coruña, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Aug 2026
José Corpas 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 Albacete this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Albacete and Benjamín Ubierna 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Víctor Valverde 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
No investment in the facilities at Albacete
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
Looking ahead17 Aug 2026
Samuel Obeng faces his old club
Ceuta next, and one man in the Albacete dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Gianluca Busio still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Albacete would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jesús Vallejo has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jesús Vallejo keeps the shirt for now, at Albacete's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
- Market Gianluca Busio arrives on loan
- Market Pepe Sánchez’s agent stirs the pot again
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Ceuta at home