From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match9 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Ceuta
14 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market11 Jan 2027
Pablo Santana hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ceuta can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Jan 2027
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match9 Jan 2027
Marcos Fernández scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Leganés, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Ceuta signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market11 Jan 2027
Yusuf Ahmed is 19, and Ceuta 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.
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Uneasy
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Ceuta
13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 33. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Ceuta
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
A defender's afternoon for Yann Bodiger
Defensive actions: 27. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ceuta has been clear about where Guillermo Vallejo stands, which is more than many ever get.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match26 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Ceuta's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceuta has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Dec 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
324% of the income goes out in wages at Ceuta
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match26 Dec 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“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.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
One lapse, one goal, and ninety minutes of honest work counting for nothing. That is the job at Ceuta, and it is a cruel one.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Ceuta's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceuta has to find a result from somewhere.
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ceuta can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ceuta may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match19 Dec 2026
It needed Cristian Rodríguez to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Granada, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Carlos Hernández, and the manager let it.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces21 Dec 2026
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
10 matches without a win for Ceuta
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Ceuta are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
Guillermo Vallejo 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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Timo Königsmann
“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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Ceuta buy the years ahead of Kelwin
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match5 Dec 2026
9 matches without a win for Ceuta
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Ceuta are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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.
Match5 Dec 2026
Valladolid left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Timo Königsmann trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ceuta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Ceuta's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceuta has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
406% of the income goes out in wages at Ceuta
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Match21 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Ceuta's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceuta has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match21 Nov 2026
0‑1 to Cultural Leonesa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Nov 2026
6 matches without a win for Ceuta
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Ceuta are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Nov 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.76, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ignacio Schor, and the manager let it.
Match14 Nov 2026
Ceuta and Burgos take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Ceuta's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceuta has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Nov 2026
27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad9 Nov 2026
José Matos 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Ceuta come up short against Huesca
Huesca left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ceuta may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Ceuta's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ceuta has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Nov 2026
74 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
406% of the income goes out in wages at Ceuta
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
Ale Meléndez 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
It needed Marc Domènech to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Almería, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The terraces2 Nov 2026
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Shots: 4, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“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.
Match24 Oct 2026
Ceuta and Cádiz take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Anuar knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Anuar trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match17 Oct 2026
Ceuta and Córdoba take a point apiece
It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Ceuta lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ceuta, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
57 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Jordi Escobar
“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
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Upbeat
Squad5 Oct 2026
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market5 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ceuta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Oct 2026
105 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.34, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match3 Oct 2026
It finished 2‑1, and it was Cristian Rodríguez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ceuta.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
737% of the income goes out in wages at Ceuta
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.37 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
Chastening afternoon for Ceuta
A 0‑3 beating by Gijón was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The terraces28 Sep 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to José Campaña, and the manager let it.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
Inquest at Ceuta
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad28 Sep 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Guillermo Vallejo knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Ceuta needed to.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ceuta, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
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Steady
Match16 Sep 2026
The small margins put Ceuta out
Out, 2‑3 to Deportivo La Coruña, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Yann Bodiger
Defensive actions: 29. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Anuar
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad21 Sep 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.59 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match19 Sep 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Marcos Fernández’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Ceuta.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“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.
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Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
86 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
Diego González 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Las Palmas left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Guillermo Vallejo, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
138 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 530% of everything Ceuta earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Timo Königsmann
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Three points for Ceuta, 1‑0 the final word against Málaga in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Anuar takes the honours
Marked 7.88 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Ceuta had the best player on the pitch.
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Crisis
Market31 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ceuta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Anuar in the eights
A performance of 8.29 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Timo Königsmann 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.
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Uneasy
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ceuta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
Almería come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ceuta did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Alberto Hernández is 16, and Ceuta 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Oihan Ramos is 16, and Ceuta 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Alejandro Giménez is 16, and Ceuta 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
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Ceuta has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Cristian Rodríguez again, and this time the name on the line is Almería. Ceuta are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ceuta
José Campaña 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jordi Escobar and Ceuta agree another 3 years.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” José Campaña and Ceuta agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
José Campaña 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 Ceuta this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Ceuta, another week without a signature from Salvi Sánchez.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Anuar's contract
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kuki Zalazar has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ceuta.