The Leixões Chronicle
Market4 Jan 2027
Leiria come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Leixões did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Pressure builds in the Leixões boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Match2 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Leixões's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leixões has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Semeu Commey: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leixões have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The season belongs to José Bica
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Leixões have had the benefit of it.
Market4 Jan 2027
Owen Foster asks to leave Leixões
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market4 Jan 2027
Eyes on Rúben Pina again
The phone has started ringing about Rúben Pina again, and this time the name on the line is Torreense. Leixões are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Fernando Fonseca has agreed to leave Leixões for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Werton 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.
In brief
- Squad Rodrigo Freitas is a better footballer than he was
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Werton
- Match Maritimo take the points off Leixões