Eric Ayiah

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Felgueiras
3 Oct 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Eric Ayiah

5 Edition

The Felgueiras Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Léo Teixeira puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Felgueiras, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Wesley Figueiredo due for a Felgueiras medical

Everything agreed with Central, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets

Néstor Caicedo turns down Felgueiras

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Luzern keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Mateo Tanlongo

Felgueiras asked and Sporting CP said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

The José Luís Sanabria conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: FC Villefranche will make the call about José Luís Sanabria this week. Felgueiras have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad

A row about effort at Felgueiras

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eric Ayiah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Léo Teixeira runs at them all day

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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Leonardo Cá

“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 dugout

Ricardo Tavares: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Felgueiras Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

Felgueiras go back to the board over Lagartinho

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $161.0K — a club that wants Lagartinho enough to be asked twice.

Squad

Afonso Peixoto signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Afonso Peixoto commits to Felgueiras for another 4 years.

Transfer targets

Torreense tell Felgueiras: Mohamed Ali Diadié is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Michel Costa 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 Felgueiras this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Lucas Castro steps up from the Felgueiras academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lucas Castro has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Simao Reis steps up from the Felgueiras academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simao Reis has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Felgueiras promote Fabio Reis from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fabio Reis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Simao Martins steps up from the Felgueiras academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simao Martins has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Tiago Leite

“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.

In brief