HeyJaredLa Liga and Beyond
A substack taking in the Spanish football pyramid from La Liga down to the regional level.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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A Dispatch From Extremadura (opens the original)
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Extremadura is a place not on many people’s radars when it comes not just to visiting Spain, but also for those looking for a football fix. The region has experienced just four seasons of LaLiga football, split evenly across Extremadura and Mérida.Both clubs that made it paid the price, with both going out of existence. Both clubs had successor clubs who were also liquidated, and both are now on their third iteration of the original club. The region is Spain’s fifth biggest out of seventeen yet,
The Path Spain Found That England Still Seeks (opens the original)
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The World Cup can bring a nation immense joy and gratification or, if you’re one of the sides who fail to win despite expectations of success, it can bring an existential crisis and soul searching for a nation. It’s fitting, in a way, that England host Spain, two sides who sit on different sides of this story.While Spain are revelling in their status as both world and European champions, football’s version of a forever war has engulfed the English national team as they once again ask themselves
A Chat With Met In Madrid (opens the original)
The Road to the Ballon d'Or Age (opens the original)
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Reading Marca, AS, social media or turning Spanish radio on, you’d think we’re in international week. In a week where there have been three games, the focus instead is off the pitch and around the Ballon d’Or. All the major candidates seem to have been involved in interviews, briefings and counter-briefings as the battle to be acclaimed the world’s best player heats up.Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and even to a lesser extent Harry Kane have all openly pitched their credentials as
The Coaching Class of 2026 (opens the original)
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Nearly 18 months ago, I wrote a newsletter on who might be the next Andoni Iraola, i.e. the next big coach to come out of Spanish football. 18 months on, I am going to look at the predictions and give some new coaches to look out for.Spanish managers have become big business, with Pep starting a revolution that has spread across the world. Interestingly, we’re starting to see German coaches enter the game in Spain just as Spain is shipping Spanish coaches out to the world.The first coach mention
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