The Portimonense Courier
Squad12 Jun 2028
Brenno damages knee ligaments — 34 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 34 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market12 Jun 2028
Terms done: João Capucho is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Lusitano Évora waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Portimonense is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
An offer of $3.0M for Francisco Souza Silva
Portimonense have gone to Benfica with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
Jarleysom frozen out at Portimonense
This is not rotation. Jarleysom has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Portimonense is pretending otherwise.
Market12 Jun 2028
Miguel Lima hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Portimonense can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Trofense tell Portimonense: Jelani Trevisan 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Rodrigo Cunha arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Rodrigo Cunha has, at Portimonense, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom12 Jun 2028
Portimonense go back to the board over Francisco Souza Silva
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $3.2M — a club that wants Francisco Souza Silva enough to be asked twice.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Portimonense
Carlinhos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Transfer targets No deal for Bruma at that price
- Squad Eboué Kouassi wants to go home
- Market Talks stall between Portimonense and Jarleysom