The Pride of Vallekas

Welcome back! This is part 2 of a series on Cádiz by the founder of injuriesandmore.com , a website that focused on sports medicine and Spanish football. On Twitter, he is @Vam_os - go ahead and follow him! This part is about talented youngsters and other signings, including rumors ... Talented youngsters and other signings... "Being Cádiz" means having pride in the local nature of the club and as such anyone who has a Cádiz connection - or former players like Chico Flores - will always come up in these discussions. A couple of years ago it was Rafael van der Vaart who was being talked about as a potential summer signing due to the Spanish side of his family being Andalusian and the fact that he promised his grandfather in Chiclana that one day he would play for Cádiz; but that never happened either. There was huge excitement in Sevilla when he signed for Betis; but that move just didn’t work out and you can't help thinking that Rafaelito made the wrong decision ...

Imagine a website that focused on sports medicine and Spanish football. If you can't, you don't have to...it's injuriesandmore.com , started by Twitter's @Vam_os - go ahead and follow him! A Cádiz fan, he talks about the various aspects of the club. So many, in fact, that this is a multi-part series! So welcome to The Cádiz Chronicles. Here, in part 1, he talks about Cádiz in general and the performance in the transfer windows... On Cádiz... Cádiz are one of a number of clubs whose fortunes I follow, based on a strong connection to the area. I've worked in Sports Medicine for many years, both in football and in other sports so my viewpoint on injury and fitness matters at club level tends to be a little bit different in terms of writing. As a result I can identify with the way in which players, managers and coaches think - so I can look at the game from another angle. The last couple of seasons have seen some exciting times for Cádiz. From just missin...