The Oliveirense Courier
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
The numbers do not look good at Oliveirense
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Douglas Baggio
Oliveirense asked and CRB said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Simão Martins stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Simão Martins and Oliveirense agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kotaro Nagata wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Oliveirense can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Oliveirense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kotaro Nagata was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Oliveirense try to borrow Andrey
Mafra have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Silas Bjerre is in the works
Oliveirense have made the call to Torreense. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Oliveirense and Rodrigo Marquês
“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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Marquês asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Rodrigo Marquês still has not settled
- Market 49 months and counting on João Sérgio
- Market Joanderson leaves for nothing