The Betis Herald
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sofyan Amrabat breaks a bone — 101 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 101 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market31 Aug 2026
Betis sell Ezequiel Ávila for $6.0M
Ezequiel Ávila has left for Real Sociedad in a $6.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market31 Aug 2026
Betis say no — this time
The offer from Cultural Leonesa for Valentín Gómez 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Antony 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 Betis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Aug 2026
Adrián moves on
Real Sociedad pay $760.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Match29 Aug 2026
Cédric Bakambu’s goal not enough for Betis
Cédric Bakambu scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Barcelona, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Pau López wants out of the spotlight
The ambition story running the other way, and the one nobody tells: a footballer asking for a smaller stage, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is very rarely reported as anything else.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Aitor Ruibal dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Antony runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 9. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.