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Edition
The Arouca Chronicle
3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
Javi Sánchez signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Javi Sánchez commits to Arouca for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Arouca
Naïs Djouahra 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Arouca and Ignacio de Arruabarrena
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Arouca, another week without a signature from Ignacio de Arruabarrena.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Naïs Djouahra's contract
- Squad Taichi Fukui knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad A wage question at Arouca