The Leiria Courier
Market24 Jun 2030
Miguel Gouveia 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.
Market24 Jun 2030
Anhá Candé hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leiria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Words exchanged at Leiria
Sebastián Villa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Real improvement from Leonel Lugones at Leiria
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Leonel Lugones is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Words at Leiria training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pablo Fernández 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.
Market24 Jun 2030
Eyes on Bassidy Sanogo again
The phone has started ringing about Bassidy Sanogo again, and this time the name on the line is Bidvest Wits. Leiria are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Home is on Rodrigo García's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Leiria are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Boardroom24 Jun 2030
$766.7K lands at Leiria thanks to Juan Muñoz
A clause somebody insisted on years ago, in a negotiation nobody remembers, has just paid Leiria $766.7K. Juan Muñoz left a long time ago; the paperwork stayed.
The dugout24 Jun 2030
Miguel Gouveia asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market The Pablo Fernández question follows Leiria around
- The dugout The manager makes Raf Braitman a promise
- Boardroom Leiria keep producing them