A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. He is still inside the early-weeks window of a transfer.
Outlook
Settling-in period is still under way.
Senses a managerial change coming
Returned to full training after injury
Minor
Cause
The medical team cleared him, but the staff are protecting him from a rushed comeback.
Wants to head back home
Serious
Cause
After a long, difficult settling period he is openly hoping for a move home or to a familiar club. (The move took him to a different continent.; He still does not speak the local language.)
Outlook
Contract request risk increased.
Still struggling to settle into the squad
Moderate
Cause
He has not yet made the connections that come naturally to most signings.
Senses a managerial change coming
He has let it go: A loan, for games
Mind
He has started to want: To learn the language
Mind
He has let it go: First-team football
Mind
He has started to want: Someone to lean on
Mind
He has let it go: To learn the language
Mind
He has let it go: To go home
Mind
Sealed the dream move of his career
Struggling to settle into the squad
Serious
Cause
The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
Outlook
Settling-in period is still under way.
Signed as a free agent
Decision
Movement
1º Dezembro
Free transfer listed
Decision
Cause
Released by mutual agreement
Who
Board
Contract expired — became a free agent
Decision
Movement
Portimonense →
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
3y · $180.6K/y
He has started to want: First-team football
Mind
He has said it out loud: A loan, for games
Mind
He has said it out loud: His place back
Mind
Moving on
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Board transfer-listed
Decision
Cause
Development pathway has run its course
Who
Board
He has said it out loud: A settled future
Mind
He has come to believe: He struggles away from home
Mind
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
3y · $157.9K/y
He has started to want: His place back
Mind
Loan withdrawn
Decision
Cause
No club took him on loan before the window closed
Who
Board
Being reassessed
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
Contract renewal offered
Decision
Movement
3y · $151.4K/y
Loan listed
Decision
Cause
Blocked by better players in same position
Who
Rodrigues Nuno
To be loaned out
Decision
Movement
Development pathway updated
Who
Board
The fee is more than the board values him at
Decision
Movement
Loan option turned down — the board would not buy him