João Lima

Striker - Tondela
13 Sep 2026
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Marked for João Lima

3 Edition

The Tondela Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market17 Aug 2026

Yaya Sithole has said yes to AVS

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Tondela have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Manuel Baldé gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Manuel Baldé has just signed for Tondela, and for once the answer mattered.

Market17 Aug 2026

Tondela turn down Felgueiras for Rémy Vita

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No thanks: Jay Robinson rejects the move

Tondela had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Southampton, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Makan Aïko 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 Tondela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Tondela rebuffed over João Teixeira

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Chaves have kept their man, and Tondela go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match15 Aug 2026

Rio Ave take the points off Tondela

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Brayan Medina

“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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Rony Lopes was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. 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.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Tondela Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tomané signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomané commits to Tondela for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Tondela

Brayan Medina 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Tondela training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Makan Aïko 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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Agustín Giay

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

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Rémy Vita again

The phone has started ringing about Rémy Vita again, and this time the name on the line is Felgueiras. Tondela are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Tondela and Tomané

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Tondela ask about Kiyani Zeggen

A loan enquiry to AZ: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Tondela ask about Bernardo Conde

A loan enquiry to AVS: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Squad3 Aug 2026

5 new faces, and Tondela are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief