The Castellón Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Mamadou Traoré asks to leave Castellón
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Castellón
Jérémy Mellot 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Awer Mabil
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match29 Aug 2026
Israel Suero’s goal not enough for Castellón
Israel Suero scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Las Palmas, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Diego Barri gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Fabrizio Brignani 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ousmane Camara is still paying for one afternoon at Castellón
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ousmane Camara's mistake decides it
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Castellón needed to.
Market31 Aug 2026
The shop window has Amir Saipi in it
Castellón have let the market know Amir Saipi can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Market Castellón shop where it costs nothing
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Iñigo Córdoba
- Player ratings The referee tires of Diego Barri