The Porto B Sentinel
Market15 Dec 2031
David Torres hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Porto B can pretend not to have heard.
Market15 Dec 2031
Rafael Mendes is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Porto B is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Dec 2031
Tempers go at Porto B
Sam Tickle 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.
Market15 Dec 2031
Santa Fe watching Stephen Eustáquio
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Porto B have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad15 Dec 2031
A row about effort at Porto B
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Djaoui Cissé was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 Dec 2031
Jhon Lucumí wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Porto B know it.
The dugout15 Dec 2031
No hiding place for Dário Essugo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dário Essugo, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Dec 2031
Francisco Moura has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Porto B will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout15 Dec 2031
Valentin Antov does not fit this one
Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.
In brief
- The dugout Valentin Antov knocks on the manager's door
- Market Francisco Moura linked with a move away
- The dugout Bashir Humphreys keeps his manager's vote