The Moreirense Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Issiar Dramé
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Moreirense have done the hard part with Estrela da Amadora, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
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
Fábio Martins in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Moreirense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Moreirense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonardo Vonić 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Moreirense rebuffed over Jordan Holsgrove
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estoril Praia have kept their man, and Moreirense go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Maracás
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sergio Monteiro joins the Moreirense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Monteiro 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
Moreirense promote Jose Goncalves from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose Goncalves 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
Moreirense promote Andre Santos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andre Santos 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.
In brief
- Market Manuel Fonseca steps up from the Moreirense academy
- The dugout Dinis Pinto knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Fábio Martins goes back to face Famalicao