The Maritimo Chronicle
Market20 Aug 2029
Adrián Butzke agrees terms with Alverca
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Maritimo people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Samuel Bamba beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match18 Aug 2029
After 9 games, Maritimo finally taste it again
The first defeat in 9 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Casa Pia; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Alexandre Miranda due for a Maritimo medical
Everything agreed with Sporting CP, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Dilan Neves turns down Maritimo
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Benfica keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Alexander Bah 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.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2029
Benfica tell Maritimo: Anísio Cabral 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.
Market20 Aug 2029
Leixões join the queue for Manuel Fonseca
Add another name to the list: Leixões have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Manuel Fonseca. The answer from Maritimo has not changed — yet.
Match18 Aug 2029
Maritimo come up short against Casa Pia
Casa Pia left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Vladan Danilović
- Market Maritimo and Samuel Bamba are talking past each other
- Squad Home is on Kane Miardjo's mind