The Oeste Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Léo Ceará was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Agnaldo due for a Oeste medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sérgio Raphael stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sérgio Raphael and Oeste agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Oeste
Sérgio Raphael and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Oeste agree a free transfer for Rodriguinho
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Sérgio Raphael gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlão steps up from the Oeste academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlão 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
One of our own: Fábio Moreira joins the Oeste first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fábio Moreira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oeste promote Bruno Correia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bruno Correia 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.