From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market13 Sep 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Oviedo say no — this time
The offer from Málaga for Geovanni Banguera 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings13 Sep 2027
A performance of 9.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match11 Sep 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Éric Bailly. 1‑0 against Granada, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Marked 8.32 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad13 Sep 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.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
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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Crisis
Market6 Sep 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Oviedo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Ilyas Chaira: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oviedo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Oviedo still without a manager
36 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match4 Sep 2027
1‑2 to Racing Santander, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market6 Sep 2027
Add another name to the list: Málaga have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Geovanni Banguera. The answer from Oviedo has not changed — yet.
Player ratings6 Sep 2027
A performance of 8.72 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad6 Sep 2027
31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Thiago Borbas
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oviedo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Aug 2027
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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings30 Aug 2027
Marked 9.63 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad30 Aug 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match28 Aug 2027
Three points for Oviedo, 1‑0 the final word against Real Sociedad B in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nélson Monte and Oviedo agree another 3 years.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
A defender's afternoon for Éric Bailly
Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market23 Aug 2027
Neco Celorio 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 Oviedo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market23 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Marc Santana is back at Oviedo, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
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.
Market23 Aug 2027
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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
116 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Match21 Aug 2027
Valladolid made Oviedo work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.89, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market16 Aug 2027
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.
Market16 Aug 2027
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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Nacho Vidal 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market16 Aug 2027
The Álex Cardero conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Frosinone will make the call about Álex Cardero this week. Oviedo have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Aisar Ahmed
“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.
Market16 Aug 2027
The Éric Bailly talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Oviedo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Still nobody in the Oviedo dugout
8 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Market9 Aug 2027
Add another name to the list: Frosinone have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Álex Cardero. The answer from Oviedo has not changed — yet.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aisar Ahmed and Oviedo agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Geovanni Banguera, and the manager let it.
Market2 Aug 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Neco Celorio has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Oviedo.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market26 Jul 2027
Oviedo say no — this time
The offer from Sevilla for Éric Bailly 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jul 2027
147 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market19 Jul 2027
Sevilla pay $2.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Mateo Medina, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad12 Jul 2027
45 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Jul 2027
Javi Llabrés 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 Oviedo hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
It is arithmetic now, and the arithmetic is done. A summer of hard questions starts early at Oviedo, and next season's fixture list reads very differently.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Oviedo
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Cristian Delgado has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Oviedo can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market5 Jul 2027
Aarón Escandell 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 Oviedo hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Javi Llabrés 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brandon Domingues commits to Oviedo for another 3 years.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Oviedo pull $917.0K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market5 Jul 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Oviedo, another week without a signature from Julen Lobete.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Youness Lachhab, and the manager let it.
Loan watch28 Jun 2027
28 appearances away from home and 7 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
Oviedo get their man
The chase for Julen Lobete ended with $920.0K changing hands and Málaga out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Squad21 Jun 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The Éric Bailly talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Oviedo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Joaquín 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 Oviedo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces21 Jun 2027
The spotlight tightens on Julen Lobete
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
Squad14 Jun 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Oviedo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market14 Jun 2027
Sevilla pay $7.6M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jun 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Nerves in the Oviedo squad
Haissem Hassan has been around long enough to know what the spring feels like when it goes wrong, and he can feel it. A dressing room that is frightened plays like one.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Jun 2027
Oviedo sink to position 18
32 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Oviedo
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Oviedo is running low.
Market7 Jun 2027
“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 Oviedo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Costas, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Javi Llabrés. Oviedo will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Javi López 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 Oviedo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Oviedo pull $917.0K back off the table
The money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 May 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.
Loan watch31 May 2027
28 appearances at Gornik Zabrze and the goals keep coming. Oviedo are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Squad24 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nélson Monte, and the manager let it.
Squad24 May 2027
Alberto Reina 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom17 May 2027
The caretaker keeps it: Cristian Delgado confirmed
A month of looking elsewhere ended where it started. He already knows every name in the building; the rest of it he now has to prove in public.
Market17 May 2027
“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 Oviedo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 May 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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 May 2027
“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.
Squad17 May 2027
Nélson Monte 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.
Loan watch17 May 2027
32 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings10 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match10 May 2027
Oviedo are in real trouble now
Position 18, 32 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match8 May 2027
No end in sight to Oviedo's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oviedo has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom10 May 2027
Still nobody in the Oviedo dugout
39 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Squad10 May 2027
David Carmo 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Marked 8.80 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Marked 8.44 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings10 May 2027
A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Javi López
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad3 May 2027
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.
Match1 May 2027
The wait goes on for Oviedo
4 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.
Squad3 May 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Viñas, and the manager let it.
Match1 May 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 May 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Thiago Fernández
6 goals and a season average of 7.32 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Oviedo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Match24 Apr 2027
Rayo Vallecano left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Marked 8.68 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“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 terraces26 Apr 2027
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 ratings26 Apr 2027
Shots: 12. 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Javi López 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad19 Apr 2027
There were 10 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Nowhere to hide for Oviedo
2‑5 against Real Madrid, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Market19 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oviedo can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings19 Apr 2027
Marked 8.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.04, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad19 Apr 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Doors closed at Oviedo
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Apr 2027
Oviedo sink to position 18
31 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Apr 2027
There were 6 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Oviedo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Still nobody in the Oviedo dugout
11 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Match10 Apr 2027
0‑2 to Real Sociedad, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Nacho Vidal
“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 ratings12 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Oviedo lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings5 Apr 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.45, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match3 Apr 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Haissem Hassan. 3‑1 against Valencia, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aarón Escandell, and the manager let it.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
A performance of 8.76 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings5 Apr 2027
Marked 8.21 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match27 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Oviedo's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oviedo has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
Pressure builds in the Oviedo boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad29 Mar 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.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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.
Match27 Mar 2027
Pablo Sáenz scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Girona, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Marked 8.37 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad29 Mar 2027
No place for Javi López on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Oviedo pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nélson Monte, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Squad22 Mar 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match20 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Oviedo's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oviedo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market22 Mar 2027
“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 Oviedo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 Mar 2027
David Carmo 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Viñas, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match13 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Oviedo's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oviedo has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
A defender's afternoon for David Carmo
Defensive actions: 34. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad15 Mar 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Pepe Sánchez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oviedo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Oviedo pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Market15 Mar 2027
Éric Bailly linked with a move away
The name of Éric Bailly keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Oviedo say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. José Moreno has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Match6 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Oviedo's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Oviedo has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Éric Bailly and Oviedo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings8 Mar 2027
A performance of 8.78 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
A performance of 8.32 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Mar 2027
6 goals and a season average of 7.37. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match6 Mar 2027
Honours even between Oviedo and Getafe
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Crisis
Boardroom1 Mar 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Oviedo
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Oviedo is running low.
Match27 Feb 2027
7 matches without a win for Oviedo
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Oviedo are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Feb 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad1 Mar 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.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.86, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.14, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The terraces1 Mar 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Federico Viñas
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad1 Mar 2027
4 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Uneasy
Market22 Feb 2027
“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 Oviedo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match20 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Oviedo
6 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings22 Feb 2027
A performance of 8.76 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.49, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match20 Feb 2027
It needed Éric Bailly to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Mallorca, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The terraces22 Feb 2027
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.
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Crisis
Match13 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Oviedo
5 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match13 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Oviedo against Betis
0‑1 to Betis, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Thiago Fernández
5 goals and a season average of 7.31 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad15 Feb 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Oviedo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market15 Feb 2027
Éric Bailly linked with a move away
The name of Éric Bailly keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Oviedo say nothing, which says plenty.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
5.60 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
In brief
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Player ratings
Joaquín never got going
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Loan watch
4 goals on loan for Oier Luengo
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Market
The window shut and Luka Ilić is still in the building
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match6 Feb 2027
0‑5 to Athletic Bilbao, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Oviedo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match6 Feb 2027
4 matches without a win for Oviedo
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Oviedo are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Feb 2027
David Carmo 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nacho Vidal 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.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Aarón Escandell knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
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.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
The goals keep arriving from Brandon Domingues’s exile
7 goals in 27 games at Gornik Zabrze — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Oviedo updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
In brief
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Player ratings
Federico Viñas leaves them behind him
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Boardroom
Oviedo pull $917.0K back off the table
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Player ratings
A day to forget for Joaquín
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Oviedo
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market1 Feb 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Jorge Gonzalez: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oviedo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Viñas, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oviedo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Aarón Escandell
“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 ratings25 Jan 2027
Marked 8.06 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Joaquín 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 Joaquín trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Loan watch25 Jan 2027
The goals keep arriving from Brandon Domingues’s exile
6 goals in 25 games at Gornik Zabrze — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Oviedo updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Somebody is after David Carmo’s shirt
A new face in his position, and David Carmo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Oviedo have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
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.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
A performance of 8.93 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
A performance of 8.03 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad18 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Defences have started doubling up on Thiago Fernández
5 goals and a season average of 7.34 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match16 Jan 2027
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Joaquín 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 Oviedo will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Market18 Jan 2027
Éric Bailly linked with a move away
The name of Éric Bailly keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Oviedo say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 38, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 36, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market11 Jan 2027
Sevilla pay $5.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Match9 Jan 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Federico Viñas. 1‑0 against Alavés, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
A performance of 8.27 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A season average of 7.29 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alberto Reina, and the manager let it.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 11. 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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Crisis
Match2 Jan 2027
A hiding for Oviedo
Beaten 1‑6 by Barcelona, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market4 Jan 2027
Girona come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Oviedo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad4 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.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 29 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Oviedo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Éric Bailly
“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 ratings4 Jan 2027
A performance of 9.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Market4 Jan 2027
Celta expected to open talks for Jacobo
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Oviedo will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
In brief
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Boardroom
Nobody left the Oviedo dressing room in a hurry
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Market
Luka Ilić is free to find somewhere else
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Player ratings
Haissem Hassan runs at them all day
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Defensive actions: 43, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
A defender's afternoon for David Carmo
Defensive actions: 34. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad28 Dec 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
133% of the income goes out in wages at Oviedo
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 ratings28 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Jacobo
“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 terraces28 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.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
A mark of 4.71 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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 ratings21 Dec 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.
Match19 Dec 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Federico Viñas. 2‑1 against Espanyol, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.54 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.51 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad21 Dec 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Santiago Colombatto, and the manager let it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
One booking too many, and Éric Bailly sits out. Oviedo lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Loan watch21 Dec 2026
17 appearances at Burgos and the goals keep coming. Oviedo are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad14 Dec 2026
David Carmo 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Federico Viñas
“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 ratings14 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.42 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.35 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad14 Dec 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Aarón Escandell knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A season average of 7.26 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings14 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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Shots: 11. 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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Crisis
Squad7 Dec 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 15 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market7 Dec 2026
“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 Oviedo hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Match5 Dec 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alberto Reina, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Real Sociedad left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
165% of the income goes out in wages at Oviedo
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.
Squad30 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.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.22, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Upbeat
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A defender's afternoon for Éric Bailly
Defensive actions: 32. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.73 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match21 Nov 2026
A 1‑0 win over Valencia, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Nélson Monte 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A season average of 7.21 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
In brief
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Boardroom
Oviedo were not finished after all
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The terraces
The stand has a song for Luka Ilić
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad16 Nov 2026
There were 6 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 9.38 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match14 Nov 2026
Girona made Oviedo work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.99, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.45 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Javi López
“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 ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad16 Nov 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 Oviedo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 13 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match4 Nov 2026
The cup run ends for Oviedo
1‑2 against Villarreal, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 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.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
The terraces9 Nov 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Aarón Escandell
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Squad9 Nov 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 Oviedo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
David Carmo 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match31 Oct 2026
Elche made Oviedo work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑3 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.52, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Marked 9.51 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
165% of the income goes out in wages at Oviedo
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
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aarón Escandell, and the manager let it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
A masterclass from Luka Ilić
Marked 8.65 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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 ratings26 Oct 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Oviedo against Getafe
1‑2 to Getafe, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.54 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Nacho Vidal 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
One booking too many, and Federico Viñas sits out. Oviedo lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Marked 5.57, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad26 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 Oviedo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
There were 8 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
Three points for Oviedo, 3‑1 the final word against Celta in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Marked 8.75 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Marked 8.65 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
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
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Uneasy
Match10 Oct 2026
4 matches without a win for Oviedo
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Oviedo are no longer polite ones.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Marked 8.41 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad12 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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match10 Oct 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Mallorca leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Squad5 Oct 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.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 6 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Oviedo come up short against Betis
Betis left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Marked 8.97 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 271% of everything Oviedo 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Alberto Reina
“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 ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 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.
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Crisis
Squad28 Sep 2026
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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 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
Match16 Sep 2026
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Nicolás Fonseca obliged against Albacete. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Oviedo.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 33 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
There were 8 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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 31, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 9.24 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Federico Viñas
“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 ratings21 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.91, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match19 Sep 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Sevilla leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Oviedo
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Oviedo are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
David Carmo 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 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Thiago Borbas
“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.
Match12 Sep 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad14 Sep 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Oviedo have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
David Carmo 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match5 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Oviedo against Osasuna
2‑3 to Osasuna, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad7 Sep 2026
43 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 246% of everything Oviedo 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
A performance of 8.59 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Costas, and the manager let it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody's fault and entirely his: a goal that goes into the book with his name against it and nothing about it intended. Oviedo deserved better, and so did he.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Éric Bailly finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Oviedo have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Market31 Aug 2026
Oviedo get their man
The chase for Nélson Monte ended with $3.5M changing hands and Almería out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aarón Escandell, and the manager let it.
Match29 Aug 2026
Alavés left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Shots: 5, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Marked 5.46, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Somebody is after Éric Bailly’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Éric Bailly suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Oviedo have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
In brief
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Market
Jacobo placed on the list
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Squad
Dani Calvo asks for a word with the manager
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Market
Oviedo shop where it costs nothing
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 ratings24 Aug 2026
Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Federico Viñas, and the manager let it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Defensive actions: 17, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings24 Aug 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
Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jacobo told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Jacobo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Oviedo.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Oviedo signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nicolás Santiago is 16, and Oviedo 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
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Haissem Hassan keeps the shirt for now, at Oviedo's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Oviedo get their man
The chase for Geovanni Banguera ended with $2.1M changing hands and Deportivo Pasto out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Éric Bailly 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 Oviedo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Costas and Oviedo agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Oviedo count the cost of losing Jacobo
75 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ilyas Chaira 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Haissem Hassan's contract
48 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.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Éric Bailly and Oviedo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Oviedo
Éric Bailly 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 clock runs on Éric Bailly'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.