The Nacional Post
Market4 Jan 2027
Chiheb Labidi asks to leave Nacional
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Chico Gonçalves
At 23 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.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
AVS tell Nacional: Ivan Mandić 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Vitoria Guimaraes take the points off Nacional
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Matchoi Djaló runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Mohamed Amine Katiba stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mohamed Amine Katiba and Nacional agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Luis Dias to a room that had heard them before.
Market4 Jan 2027
Zé Vitor told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Zé Vitor has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Nacional.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Nacional ask about Francisco Moura
A loan enquiry to Porto: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets Nacional ask about Ľubomír Belko
- Transfer targets Nacional try to borrow Gustavo Varela
- Market Nacional sign Mohamed Amine Katiba, one for the future