Rafa Páez

Central Defender - Las Palmas
15 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Rafa Páez

6 Edition

The Las Palmas Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Jeremía Recoba puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Las Palmas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Ale García runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

So close: Jonathan Viera’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Gijón moved on, Jonathan Viera reports back to Las Palmas, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market

Las Palmas turn down Casa Pia for Jeremía Recoba

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Tempers go at Las Palmas

Enrique Clemente 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.

Match

Las Palmas get the job done against Leganés

A 1‑0 win over Leganés, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Álex Suárez 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.

Squad

A month that belonged to Iker Bravo

The young player of the month award goes to a 21-year-old at Las Palmas who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

Player ratings

Sandro stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.88 on the card, and the Las Palmas support went home talking about one name.

In brief