The Porto Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Tottenham come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Porto did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jakub Kiwior stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jakub Kiwior and Porto agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Gabri Veiga 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 Porto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Álvaro Aguado arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Álvaro Aguado has, at Porto, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Cláudio Ramos again
The phone has started ringing about Cláudio Ramos again, and this time the name on the line is Leganés. Porto are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Porto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jan Bednarek was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Jakub Kiwior
Still no offer on the table, and Jakub Kiwior’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Diogo Costa asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market3 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Porto
Fabio Lima arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
In brief
- The terraces The glare is on Álvaro Aguado
- Boardroom Porto keep producing them