12/03/2020 11:13 |

LaLiga agrees to postpone football league matches in Spain for two weeks

LaLiga announced today that it is postponing Spanish football league matches in the First Division and Second Division for two weeks. This measure will affect the matches that Las Palmas were due to play this Sunday against Girona FC, and the following Friday against UD Almería.

08/03/2020 19:17 |

Pepe Mel: “The second half was a disaster”

Las Palmas’ manager asked his fans for forgiveness for his team’s second half performance “because the goals we conceded were a disaster and we were to blame for how the game went. We just stood there watching the first goal”.

08/03/2020 15:58 |

Las Palmas suffer a heavy defeat in El Molinón (4-0)

Las Palmas were unexpectedly swept aside in El Molinón after having played some good football early on. Two goals in the first minute of the second half were the keys to a painful final 4-0 scoreline. Lemos was sent off for two yellow card offences.

07/03/2020 12:45 |

Pepe Mel: “Going to El Molinón is a footballing dream”

Las Palmas’ manager recognises how difficult tomorrow’s game against Sporting will be, given the venue because “it is a tight stadium with fans breathing down your neck. They have a lot of home-grown players and are clear about how they play”.

05/03/2020 12:03 |

Luis Helguera: "Pepe Mel is doing really well"

In his unveiling today, Luis Helguera, UD Las Palmas’ new sports director, said that manager Pepe Mel “is doing really well. The president told me he was an important manager for the club. He needs to have more time to make the project successful". General manager Patricio Viñayo accompanied Helguera during the question and answer session. Helguera is at UD Las Palmas for a second spell after his previous 3-year stint when the club were in the First Division, with notable success.

02/03/2020 14:05 |

Luis Helguera, new sports director of UD Las Palmas

UD Las Palmas have decided to hire Luis Helguera as their new sports director. The contract that ties him to the club will run until June 2023. He will be unveiled on Thursday at the Ciudad Deportiva training complex at 12.00.

02/03/2020 12:33 |

Cristian López: “I am here to put in a lot of hard work”

Las Palmas’ new striker stated in his first press conference that “things might turn out for better or worse but I always work really hard on the pitch”. The player was accompanied by Toni Otero, the club’s technical secretary.

29/02/2020 16:00 |

La UD Las Palmas sign striker Cristian López

Striker Cristian López is UD Las Palmas’ latest signing for the rest of this season, with the option to stay for a further season. The player comes on a free transfer as he finished his current contract at Hatta Club from the United Arab Emirates in January. He arrived in Gran Canaria on Sunday at 08.50 on a flight from Alicante, and this morning he has undergone his medical before being unveiled a little later at the Hospital Perpetuo Socorro.

29/02/2020 12:44 |

Rocco Maiorino hands in his resignation 

UD Las Palmas’ sports manager, Rocco Maiorino, today handed in his resignation, in a letter written to the club president, Miguel Ángel Ramírez. The board of directors arranged an urgent meeting to accept his resignation and wished to expressly thank Maiorino for the work he has done as sports manager and wish him every success in his professional and personal future. 

28/02/2020 22:11 |

Pepe Mel: "We weren't effective enough"

Las Palmas manager said he could not criticise his players, as they "worked hard, showed commitment and created chances, but we didn't turn them into goals".

28/02/2020 19:01 |

Las Palmas and Málaga draw (1-1)

UD Las Palmas, who went ahead through a header by Eric Curbelo, had to settle for a draw with Málaga. The yellows created enough chances to have won.

27/02/2020 12:30 |

Pepe Mel: "Pedri is still very young and we mustn’t push him too hard"

UD Las Palmas Pepe Mel, who is 57 tomorrow, said today that he is still to decide whether to play Pedri from the start in tomorrow’s league clash against Málaga. The young Canarian footballer featured in a friendly for the Spanish Under 19s this week and has hardly trained. "He is still a very young player and we mustn’t push him too hard", Mel stated.