The Cacereño Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Wilfrid Kaptoum signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Wilfrid Kaptoum and Cacereño agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Cacereño
Darío 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines José Alonso for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Cacereño will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Álvaro Lemos
Cacereño asked and Oviedo said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market3 Aug 2026
The ambition of Jorge Gonzalez outgrows Cacereño early
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Javi Barrio out for 17 days
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Javi Barrio, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market3 Aug 2026
Cacereño and Alex Monerris 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Cacereño try to borrow Mamadou Traoré
Castellón 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Luis Rivas is in the works
Cacereño have made the call to Antequera. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Market Cacereño bring in an old head
- Market Cacereño pick up Xiscu Martínez for nothing