The Leiria Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dominik Prpić is a medical away from Leiria
The deal with Porto is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Leiria
Pinheiro Caio 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
Goncalo Almeida steps up from the Leiria academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Goncalo Almeida 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Carlos Sousa joins the Leiria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Sousa 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
One of our own: Joao Goncalves joins the Leiria first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joao Goncalves 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
Leiria promote Lucas Ribeiro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Ribeiro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Paulinho Boia in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Leiria are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Leiria ask about Ian Custódio
A loan enquiry to Famalicao: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Leiria ask about Evertton Araújo
A loan enquiry to Flamengo: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad Christian Joel Sánchez remains an outsider
- Squad Juan Muñoz wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout Eboué Kouassi asks for a word with the manager