The Vizela Herald
Boardroom2 Jul 2035
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Vizela
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market2 Jul 2035
Vizela turn down Santa Clara for Leonardo Santos
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad2 Jul 2035
Tempers go at Vizela
Antonio Gomis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad2 Jul 2035
Fernando Lopes is the real thing at 21
A season average of 7.02 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Vizela know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad2 Jul 2035
Vando Félix 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.
Boardroom2 Jul 2035
Gustavo Rijo will join Vizela for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Gustavo Rijo has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Vizela have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad2 Jul 2035
No hiding place for Alpha Diounkou
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alpha Diounkou, and the manager let it.
Market2 Jul 2035
Eyes on Nuno Teixeira again
The phone has started ringing about Nuno Teixeira again, and this time the name on the line is Famalicao. Vizela are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market2 Jul 2035
Vizela sign Andre Ribeiro, one for the future
Andre Ribeiro is 20, and Vizela have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Boardroom Intake day at the Vizela academy
- Market Famalicao expected to open talks for Paulo Agostinho