The Torreense Post
Market7 Sep 2026
André Simões puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Torreense, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 19 signed and 21 gone
That is the business done at Torreense until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Manu Pozo
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match5 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Torreense
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Torreense are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Torreense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan María Alcedo 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 targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Luke Plange
Torreense asked and Grasshopper said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Torreense
Stopira 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Vizela take the points off Torreense
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Costinha
“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.
In brief
- Market Torreense and João Miguel are talking past each other
- The dugout Marco Mota: “No excuses”
- Squad No place for Laranjeira in the new shape