The Tondela Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Makan Aïko stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Makan Aïko and Tondela agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rony Lopes 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 Tondela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Christian Marques 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joe Hodge 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
A long bet from Tondela on Daniel Fonseca
He is 14, and nobody at Tondela signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tondela sign Rafael Ribeiro, one for the future
Rafael Ribeiro is 16, and Tondela 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
- Market Tondela buy the years ahead of Bernardo Machado
- Market Tondela sign Bruno Miranda, one for the future