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
Oliveirense rebuffed over João Pinto
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Vitesse have kept their man, and Oliveirense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
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 ask about Tomé Sousa
A loan enquiry to Farense: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on João Sérgio
Still no offer on the table, and João Sérgio’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Market Joanderson leaves for nothing
- Market Filipe Alves leaves for nothing
- Squad Luís Bastos is put on a programme of his own