The Santa Clara Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Santa Clara turn down Oliveirense for Henrique Silva
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Porto join the queue for Sidney Lima
Add another name to the list: Porto have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Sidney Lima. The answer from Santa Clara has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vinícius Lopes signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vinícius Lopes and Santa Clara agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sidney Lima 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 Santa Clara this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thauan Lara falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Santa Clara and Lucas Soares
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Santa Clara, another week without a signature from Lucas Soares.
In brief
- Squad Sidney Lima knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Rodrigo Mendes told to find a new club
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Lucas Soares