The Moreirense Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
Zé Leite breaks a bone — 45 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 45 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Stephanno says Moreirense went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Moreirense
Bernd Leno 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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten Moreirense
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Moreirense beat the market to Armando Lopes from Felgueiras
Felgueiras will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Armando Lopes has pre-agreed a move to Moreirense, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Al Ahly tell Moreirense: Mohamed Sherif 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
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.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Dinis Pinto is still paying for one afternoon at Moreirense
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Nile John
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nile John, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout The form table has caught Rodrigo Alonso
- Market The shop window has André Ferreira in it
- Match Moreirense draw a blank against Sporting CP