The Leixões Chronicle
Market6 Sep 2027
Leixões say no — this time
The offer from Maritimo for João Pinto was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market6 Sep 2027
Benjamin Kanurić 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 The request is on a desk at Leixões, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Window shuts: 22 in, 10 out at Leixões
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 22 arrived, 10 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market6 Sep 2027
So close: Jefer Gunjo’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Lusitânia Lourosa moved on, Jefer Gunjo reports back to Leixões, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad6 Sep 2027
João Pinto 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 Leixões this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market6 Sep 2027
Leixões sell Tokinho Dória for $280.0K
Tokinho Dória has left for Tondela in a $280.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Leixões counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Leixões now.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Words at Leixões training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rafael Barbosa 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 targets6 Sep 2027
Door shut on Matija Mitrović
Leixões asked and Vitoria Guimaraes said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad Time is catching up with Edson Farias
- Squad “I want to play”: Japa speaks
- The dugout A promise honoured for Paulinho