The Porto Herald
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Fee done, terms next for Marcel Ruiz
Porto and Toluca have settled on $34.2M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market4 Jan 2027
Porto turn down Leeds United for Jakub Kiwior
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match4 Jan 2027
Porto are top
49 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Porto bid $7.2M for Mario Climent
The offer went to Arouca this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
No deal for Roberto Fernández at that price
Porto offered $7.2M; Braga said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Arouca tell Porto: Mario Climent is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The season belongs to Pepê
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 Porto have had the benefit of it.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Victor Froholdt, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.04
A mark of 8.04 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
Porto to lose Vasco Sousa for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Vasco Sousa has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
In brief
- Market Estrela da Amadora join the queue for Pablo Rosario
- The terraces One of their own: Alberto Costa
- Match Porto get the job done against AVS