The Moreirense Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Fotis Ioannidis
Moreirense asked and Sporting CP said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
35 days out for Lucas Rodrigues after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Moreirense will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Miguel Reisinho would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Miguel Reisinho is living that version at Moreirense, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Getterson Alves due for a Moreirense 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Romeo Vermant turns down Moreirense
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Club Brugge keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maracás signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maracás and Moreirense agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Moreirense
Kiko Bondoso 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Araujo joins the Moreirense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Araujo 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
Felipe Oliveira steps up from the Moreirense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felipe Oliveira 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.
In brief
- Market Lucas Rodrigues steps up from the Moreirense academy
- Market One of our own: Samuel Araujo joins the Moreirense first team
- The dugout Dinis Pinto knocks on the manager's door