From our football correspondent
Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from Mirandés for Asier Bonel 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.
Squad24 Aug 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 Osasuna Promesas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Osasuna Promesas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dimitris Stamatakis 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Somebody is after Diego Espejo’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Diego Espejo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Osasuna Promesas have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer from SJK for Carlos Lumbreras 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roberto Arroyo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ander Yoldi and Osasuna Promesas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 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 Osasuna Promesas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.