Saba Samushia

Left Midfielder - Maritimo
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Marked for Saba Samushia

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The Maritimo Chronicle

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market11 Oct 2027

No place for Alfonso Pastor in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Alfonso Pastor has his answer from Maritimo; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

Raphael Guzzo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Maritimo, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Looking ahead11 Oct 2027

André Clovis goes back to face Estoril Praia

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is André Clovis’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Maritimo needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market11 Oct 2027

The Vladan Danilović question follows Maritimo around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Vladan Danilović’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

When it matters, José Melro plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

A door opens for Yann Kitala

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Saba Samushia still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Maritimo would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Squad11 Oct 2027

A wage question at Maritimo

Samuel Bamba has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Iván Fresneda takes up the language

The least glamorous thing a foreign signing ever does and the one that decides most of them. A player who can hear the shout behind him is a different footballer from one who cannot.

In brief

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The Maritimo Chronicle

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout27 Sep 2027

Cezary Miszta keeps the receipts

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

Market27 Sep 2027

José Melro is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Maritimo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Júnior Brumado 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 Maritimo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces27 Sep 2027

The crowd has taken to Andreas Schjelderup

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings27 Sep 2027

Nobody on the pitch touched Andreas Schjelderup

7.55, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Maritimo had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Market27 Sep 2027

Maritimo buy the years ahead of Saba Samushia

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

Jorge Moreira: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Market27 Sep 2027

Samuel Bamba told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Samuel Bamba has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Maritimo.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

André Clovis left out for tactical reasons at Maritimo

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief