The Farense Chronicle
Squad1 Feb 2027
26 days out for Diogo Tavares after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Farense will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Farense agree $13.4M for William Gomes
The clubs have shaken hands with Porto; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The knee: Anton Fisun out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Farense lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Farense bid $5.1M for André Lacximicant
The offer went to Estoril Praia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market1 Feb 2027
Balla Sangaré puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Farense, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Deadline passes with 1 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Farense until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Farense
Jordan Holsgrove and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match30 Jan 2027
Gabriel Barbosa’s goal not enough for Farense
Gabriel Barbosa scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Torreense, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Bournemouth tell Farense: Agustín Fontana is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Squad Somália falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The team sheet said everything about Samuel Santos