Samuel Obeng

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Albacete
9 Dec 2026
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Marked for Samuel Obeng

11 Edition

The Albacete Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Antonio Pacheco signs on for more

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

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Antonio Pacheco

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Albacete

Pepe Sánchez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Albacete keep their word to Federico Viñas

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

A reunion for Munir

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Las Palmas in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes Víctor Valverde a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Albacete. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Squad12 Oct 2026

José Carlos Lazo wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Albacete have no good answer.

Market12 Oct 2026

The Samuel Obeng story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Samuel Obeng signs something — a contract at Albacete or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Munir finally belongs at Albacete

The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Albacete Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market14 Sep 2026

Not going: Lluís stays at Albacete

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Deportivo La Coruña had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Antonio Puertas runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market14 Sep 2026

So close: Samuel Obeng’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Burgos moved on, Samuel Obeng reports back to Albacete, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Víctor Valverde signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Víctor Valverde and Albacete agree another 3 years.

Match12 Sep 2026

Albacete get the job done against Mirandés

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

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Albacete

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

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Federico Viñas in the eights

A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Albacete lose Diego Mariño

16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Álex Rubio

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

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout José Corpas dropped after a run of poor form
  • Squad No place for Jordi Martín in the new shape
3 Edition

The Albacete Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Albacete baulk at the price for Zaid Romero

Getafe wanted more than $8.7M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Market17 Aug 2026

Albacete say no — this time

The offer from Castellón for Pepe Sánchez 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.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Albacete go back to the board over Álex Pastor

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.3M — a club that wants Álex Pastor enough to be asked twice.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Albacete

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

Albacete count the cost of losing Diego Mariño

47 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Market17 Aug 2026

Albacete sign Juan Manuel Villalba, one for the future

Juan Manuel Villalba is 20, and Albacete have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Víctor Valverde 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

No place for Rodrigo Linares in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Albacete are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Albacete try to borrow Charlie Patiño

Deportivo La Coruña have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief