Antonio Blanco

Defensive Midfielder - Alavés
29 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Antonio Blanco

2 Edition

The Alavés Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Antonio Sivera turns PSV down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Transfer targets

Alavés rebuffed over Antony

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Betis have kept their man, and Alavés go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets

An offer of $18.6M for Arnaut Danjuma

Alavés have gone to Valencia with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Market

Alavés turn down Real Sociedad for Antonio Blanco

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

Market

Antonio Blanco wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Alavés hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Boardroom

Alavés go back to the board over Arnaut Danjuma

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $20.0M — a club that wants Arnaut Danjuma enough to be asked twice.

Squad

Lucas Boyé signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lucas Boyé and Alavés agree another 4 years.

Squad

Toni Martínez 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 Alavés this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Raúl Núñez steps up from the Alavés academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Raúl Núñez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Alavés Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Abde asks to leave Alavés

“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.

Market

Eyes on Antonio Sivera again

The phone has started ringing about Antonio Sivera again, and this time the name on the line is PSV. Alavés are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market

Antonio Sivera wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Alavés hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Antonio Sivera stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Antonio Sivera and Alavés agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Alavés

Antonio Blanco and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Alavés rebuffed over André Silva

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Porto have kept their man, and Alavés go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Alavés may not be able to give Facundo Garcés what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Facundo Garcés wants continental football; whether Alavés can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

A row about effort at Alavés

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pablo Ibañez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Home is on Abde's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Alavés are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief