The Leiria Courier
Player ratings11 Nov 2030
Nobody could get near Famana Quizera
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market11 Nov 2030
Mamadou Loum is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Leiria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market11 Nov 2030
Deivison Souza asks to leave Leiria
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout11 Nov 2030
Deivison Souza says Leiria went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad11 Nov 2030
A falling-out at Leiria
Pablo Fernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad11 Nov 2030
Words at Leiria training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jair Silva is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match9 Nov 2030
Farense take the points off Leiria
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout11 Nov 2030
The manager makes an example of Luca Babino
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom11 Nov 2030
130% of the income goes out in wages at Leiria
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
In brief
- Squad Matías Kouyoumdjian wants to go home
- The dugout Felipe Santos faces the questions
- Boardroom The numbers do not look good at Leiria