The Leiria Courier
Squad9 Aug 2027
Habib Sylla breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Christian Ordoñez at Leiria
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Christian Ordoñez is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Juan Muñoz 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 Leiria this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Reko falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market9 Aug 2027
Landinho told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Landinho has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Leiria.
Market9 Aug 2027
Leiria and Daniel Bahia are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market Leiria borrow Matt Turner
- Market Santi leaves for nothing