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59 Edition

The Académico de Viseu Chronicle

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Gustavo Costa keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Académico de Viseu may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Cristian Ferreira signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Cristian Ferreira commits to Académico de Viseu for another 4 years.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Académico de Viseu

Arnel Jakupović was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Real improvement from João Pinto at Académico de Viseu

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. João Pinto is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Late improvement for Soufiane Messeguem

At 26 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Boardroom13 Sep 2027

Académico de Viseu beat the market to João Silva from Lusitânia Lourosa

Lusitânia Lourosa will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. João Silva has pre-agreed a move to Académico de Viseu, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

Transfer targets13 Sep 2027

Leixões tell Académico de Viseu: Fabio Simoes 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.

Match11 Sep 2027

Académico de Viseu come up short against Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Lindsay Rose

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lindsay Rose, and the manager let it.

In brief

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52 Edition

The Académico de Viseu Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Jul 2027

Nils Mortimer breaks a bone — 24 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 24 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market26 Jul 2027

Dieu Michel turns Wellington Phoenix down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market26 Jul 2027

Académico de Viseu say no — this time

The offer from Chaves for Matheus Sampaio 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.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Arnel Jakupović 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 Académico de Viseu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Robinho 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.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

No hiding place for Nils Mortimer

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nils Mortimer, and the manager let it.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Tomás Domingos knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tomás Domingos trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market26 Jul 2027

The Valery talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Académico de Viseu know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market26 Jul 2027

Académico de Viseu put Rúben Pereira up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Rúben Pereira may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

42 Edition

The Académico de Viseu Chronicle

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout17 May 2027

Desmond Nketia says Académico de Viseu went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad17 May 2027

A row about effort at Académico de Viseu

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Robinho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad17 May 2027

Simão Silva 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 Académico de Viseu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout17 May 2027

Gustavo Costa gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market17 May 2027

Mohammed Bouldini linked with a move away

The name of Mohammed Bouldini keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Académico de Viseu say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout17 May 2027

Pedro Barcelos knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Pedro Barcelos trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

23 Edition

The Académico de Viseu Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market4 Jan 2027

Lorougnon Gohi asks to leave Académico de Viseu

“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.

Player ratings4 Jan 2027

Both of them André Clovis's — 8.93

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.93, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Mohammed Bouldini is named among the best

There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Académico de Viseu will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Gustavo Costa says Académico de Viseu went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Desmond Nketia due for a Académico de Viseu medical

Everything agreed with Feirense, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Académico de Viseu

André Clovis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Académico de Viseu rebuffed over Rúben Pina

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Leixões have kept their man, and Académico de Viseu go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match2 Jan 2027

Académico de Viseu find a way past Portimonense

Portimonense made Académico de Viseu work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The terraces4 Jan 2027

One of their own: Lorougnon Gohi

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief