The Leiria Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Leiria agree $400.0K for Seydou Fofana
The clubs have shaken hands with Santa Clara; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Leiria rebuffed over Vitor Carvalho
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Braga have kept their man, and Leiria go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leiria say no — this time
The offer from Sporting CP for Eboué Kouassi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Leiria
Juan Muñoz 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Borislav Rupanov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Barbosa steps up from the Leiria academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Barbosa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leiria promote Fabio Martins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fabio Martins has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leiria promote Samuel Mendes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Mendes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Emanuel António stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Emanuel António and Leiria agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Leiria are still learning each other
- The dugout Víctor Rofino gets it from the manager
- The dugout Eboué Kouassi asks for a word with the manager