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10 Edition

The Huesca Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Dani Jiménez out for 101 days

101 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Huesca lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

Juan Pérez keeps Huesca in it on his own

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.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Huesca

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Player ratings

Óscar Sielva, 35, rolls back the years — 7.99

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

Óscar Sielva 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 Huesca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Huesca see off Real Sociedad B

Three points for Huesca, 2‑1 the final word against Real Sociedad B in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Dani Ojeda was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.58. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout

Leo Diez has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Leo Diez on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

Squad

“I want to play”: Junior Arias speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Huesca Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Dani Jiménez

109 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Huesca lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Junior Arias 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 Huesca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Huesca come up short against Valladolid

Valladolid left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Ignacio Laquintana was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Huesca

10 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

Leo Diez: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Market

No place for Guido Nogar in the plan

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ro Abajas

“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.

The dugout

When it matters, Liberto plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

8 Edition

The Huesca Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Dani Jiménez out for 117 days

117 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Huesca lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match

Huesca out of the cup

Racing Santander ended it 1‑3. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Match

Huesca throw away a 2-goal lead

2 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Eibar the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Huesca will enjoy reviewing.

Player ratings

A brace, and Sergi Enrich takes the afternoon — 8.01

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Sergi Enrich provided it, and the 8.01 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Words exchanged at Huesca

Óscar Sielva 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.

Match

Huesca come up short against Eibar

Eibar left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Ignacio Laquintana was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jamal Thiaré

“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.

Player ratings

Both jobs done by Douglas Aurélio — 6.79

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 10 actions, 6.79, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Player ratings A costly moment from Junior Arias
  • The dugout Junior Arias is still paying for one afternoon at Huesca
7 Edition

The Huesca Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Dani Jiménez damages knee ligaments — 126 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 126 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Transfer targets

Monterrey tell Huesca: Hirving Lainez is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Words exchanged at Huesca

Junior Arias 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.

Market

One of our own: Luken Marín joins the Huesca first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luken Marín is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Huesca promote Santiago Vázquez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Santiago Vázquez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Match

Huesca find a way past Cultural Leonesa

Cultural Leonesa made Huesca work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Dani Ojeda at his very best

Marked 8.00. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Huesca.

The dugout

Junior Arias 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.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Leo Diez, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief

6 Edition

The Huesca Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Dani Jiménez damages knee ligaments — 134 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 134 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 19 in, 1 out at Huesca

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 19 arrived, 1 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets

Huesca rebuffed over Alemão

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rayo Vallecano have kept their man, and Huesca go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Tempers go at Huesca

Junior Arias 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.

Squad

Appearance number 100 for Juan Pérez

100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

Squad

Jamal Thiaré has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Huesca will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

The dugout

No hiding place for Cristian Herrera

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

The dugout

Dani Jiménez 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.

Boardroom

Huesca can only buy what they sell

Nobody has barred the club from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every incoming name comes with an outgoing one attached.

In brief

5 Edition

The Huesca Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Dani Jiménez out for 142 days

142 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Huesca lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

Tempers go at Huesca

Óscar Sielva 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.

Transfer targets

Betis tell Huesca: Ezequiel Ávila is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Huesca come up short against Albacete

Albacete left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Huesca are still strangers to each other

10 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout

Leo Diez: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad

The formation has left Junior Arias behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Huesca will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

Jamal Thiaré 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 Jamal Thiaré trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Looking ahead

Dani Ojeda goes back to face Burgos

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Dani Ojeda’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Huesca needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

4 Edition

The Huesca Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Dani Jiménez out for 149 days

149 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Huesca lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Huesca turn down Rayo Vallecano for Óscar Sielva

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

Market

Diego Aznar turns Lokeren down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Transfer targets

Junior Arias is a medical away from Huesca

The deal with Penarol is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets

Kyrylo Fesiun will not be coming to Huesca

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Shakhtar is saying, and nobody at Huesca is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Words exchanged at Huesca

Óscar Sielva 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.

Transfer targets

No deal for Ez Abde at that price

Huesca offered $230.0K; Betis said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Match

Almería take the points off Huesca

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Transfer targets

Huesca rebuffed over Nahuel Ulariaga

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Godoy Cruz have kept their man, and Huesca go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

3 Edition

The Huesca Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Huesca say no — this time

The offer from Aalborg for Diego Aznar 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.

Transfer targets

Huesca baulk at the price for Mario Cantero

Burgos wanted more than $930.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad

A falling-out at Huesca

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

Transfer targets

Huesca rebuffed over Pelayo

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rayo Vallecano have kept their man, and Huesca go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets

Huesca try to borrow Alberto Ocejo

Santos Laguna 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 targets

Huesca try to borrow Kyrylo Fesiun

Shakhtar 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.

Squad

No place for Felipe Obradovich in the new shape

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

Looking ahead

Cristian Herrera faces his old club

Almería next, and one man in the Huesca dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Squad

A season on the outside for Jamal Thiaré

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Huesca has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

2 Edition

The Huesca Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Felipe Obradovich arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Felipe Obradovich has, at Huesca, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets

Huesca bid $930.0K for Mario Cantero

The offer went to Burgos this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

The terraces

$1.8M for Felipe Obradovich, and Huesca supporters approve

Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Felipe Obradovich from Ferro Carril Oeste for $1.8M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.

Market

One of our own: Sergio Esteban joins the Huesca first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Esteban is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Huesca promote Fernando Martín from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Martín has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Iván Vargas steps up from the Huesca academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Iván Vargas has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Huesca promote Lucas Fuentes from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Fuentes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Squad

A falling-out at Huesca

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

Squad

Diego Aznar signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diego Aznar commits to Huesca for another 4 years.

In brief

1 Edition

The Huesca Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

An offer of $1.8M for Felipe Obradovich

Huesca have gone to Ferro Carril Oeste with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad

Óscar Sielva signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Óscar Sielva and Huesca agree another 2 years.

Squad

Óscar Sielva 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 Huesca this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Grasshopper tell Huesca: Nikolas Muci is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Huesca and Óscar Sielva 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.

Market

The clock runs on Dani Jiménez's contract

24 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.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Jamal Thiaré is in the works

Huesca have made the call to Columbus Crew. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad

Huesca are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Squad

Dani Jiménez has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Huesca that is a harder question to answer.

In brief