The Rio Ave Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Tamás Nikitscher 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 The request is on a desk at Rio Ave, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marios Vrousai signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marios Vrousai commits to Rio Ave for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Rio Ave
Marios Vrousai 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Marios Vrousai
Still no offer on the table, and Marios Vrousai’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tamble Monteiro 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 Tamble Monteiro trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Julien Lomboto in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Julien Lomboto has his answer from Rio Ave; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Rio Ave and Dai Baldé are talking past each other
- Squad Tamble Monteiro has seen what the next man earns