The Nacional Post
Market24 Aug 2026
André Ferreira arrives at Nacional in a $2.1M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Nacional have paid $2.1M for André Ferreira, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Market24 Aug 2026
Jota puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nacional, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Nacional may not be able to give Liziero what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Liziero wants continental football; whether Nacional can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Željko Vitorović 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. Željko Vitorović has, at Nacional, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad24 Aug 2026
André Ferreira 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 Nacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Nacional rebuffed over Toby Steward
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Portsmouth have kept their man, and Nacional go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Daniel Júnior runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No place for Flávio Ramos in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Nacional are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
A loan move for Alexis Mirbach is in the works
Nacional have made the call to FC Nantes. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Nacional on Željko Vitorović
- Squad Chiheb Labidi falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Tiago Monteiro on the draw