Samuel Obeng

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Albacete
13 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Samuel Obeng

5 Edition

The Albacete Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Huesca take the points off Albacete

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Antonio Puertas

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Pepe Sánchez 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.

Squad

Samuel Obeng 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.

Squad

Tekio 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.

Squad

Tekio asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Albacete Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Albacete turn down Mirandés for Samuel Obeng

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

Squad

Agus Medina stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Agus Medina and Albacete agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Albacete

Antonio Puertas 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.

Market

Eyes on Pepe Sánchez again

The phone has started ringing about Pepe Sánchez again, and this time the name on the line is Córdoba. Albacete are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

No hiding place for Agus Medina

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Agus Medina, and the manager let it.

Market

Albacete and José Carlos Lazo 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Albacete Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Albacete turn down Getafe for Lluís

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

Squad

Antonio Puertas signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio Puertas commits to Albacete for another 2 years.

Squad

Antonio Puertas 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.

Market

Eyes on Samuel Obeng again

The phone has started ringing about Samuel Obeng again, and this time the name on the line is Mirandés. Albacete are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Carlos Neva 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.

Market

No place for Jesús Vallejo in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Jesús Vallejo has his answer from Albacete; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief