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Steady
Market31 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
The fee is $4.0M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Castellón drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir 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 Osasuna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Osasuna against Sevilla
1‑3 to Sevilla, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Flavien-Enzo Boyomo, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market31 Aug 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Jon Moncayola may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Oier Olazabal knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Osasuna, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Triumph
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Villarreal made Osasuna work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A performance of 9.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad24 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.66 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Aimar in the eights
A performance of 8.61 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad24 Aug 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Osasuna have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Moi Gómez runs at them all day
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
Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir 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 Osasuna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad17 Aug 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Osasuna say no — this time
The offer from Barcelona for Flavien-Enzo Boyomo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Fernando Falcao joins from La Equidad in a deal worth $4.4M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Flavien-Enzo Boyomo and Osasuna agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir 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 Osasuna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
He is 19, and nobody at Osasuna signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
112 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market3 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 Osasuna, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Osasuna hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ante Budimir and Osasuna agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ante Budimir 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
The phone has started ringing about Iker Benito again, and this time the name on the line is Córdoba. Osasuna are listening politely and promising nothing.
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.