The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Moreirense people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The chase for Andreas Schjelderup ended with $11.2M changing hands and Benfica out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Moreirense have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
1 for Brian Agbor, marked 7.74, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Moreirense had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Arouca, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexandre Duville-Parsemain was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Internacional have kept their man, and Moreirense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Leonardo Vonić 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.
0‑3 to Porto, 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.
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Moreirense will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Moreirense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the Moreirense dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kevyn commits to Moreirense for another 4 years.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting André Ferreira's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
A goalkeeper’s error has no defender behind it to tidy it away. He knew before the ball crossed the line, the crowd knew a second later, and there is nothing anybody can say tonight.
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 92th minute. Alverca will replay every second of the added time for a week.
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Moreirense will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Moreirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Vonić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.
Rodrigo Alonso and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
Player ratingsYan Maranhão beats them one at a time
The dugoutThe manager makes an example of Leonardo Vonić
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Moreirense will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexandre Duville-Parsemain was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Moreirense can tell you which week it ends in.
Leonardo Vonić 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.
13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Successful dribbles: 15. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
“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.
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Moreirense will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexandre Duville-Parsemain was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Moreirense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Casa Pia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Afonso Lopes left the room before anybody could ask which.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Darlan Mendes is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Moreirense will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Manuel Mendonça is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tiago Andrade and Moreirense agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Moreirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Vonić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Something was said to Brian Agbor and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Everything agreed with Torreense, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maracás and Moreirense agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Moreirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Vonić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Darlan Mendes 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.
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estoril Praia have kept their man, and Moreirense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The phone has started ringing about Michael Dacosta González again, and this time the name on the line is Trofense. Moreirense are listening politely and promising nothing.
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francisco Martins 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.
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Barbosa 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 clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Torreense people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The phone has started ringing about Kévin Zohi again, and this time the name on the line is Leixões. Torreense are listening politely and promising nothing.
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Adriel 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.
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estoril Praia have kept their man, and Torreense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Torreense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Torreense can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
The name of Brian Agbor has come up in conversations Torreense were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kévin Zohi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Still no offer on the table, and Javi Vázquez’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
“59 caps was 59 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 38 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from Torreense.
Torreense have made the call to Cagliari. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.