The Estoril Praia Herald
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Estoril Praia make their move for Afonso Assis
$2.6M on the table at Moreirense. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Xeka goes up and wins it — 7.73
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.73 for the rest of it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Estoril Praia make their move for Lamine Bèye
$1.4M on the table at Famalicao. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $650.0K for João Teixeira
Estoril Praia have gone to Chaves with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Nicolas Rios will not be coming to Estoril Praia
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at La Equidad is saying, and nobody at Estoril Praia is enjoying the guessing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Estoril Praia
Jordan Holsgrove and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Estoril Praia
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Estoril Praia against Alverca
2‑3 to Alverca, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market17 Aug 2026
Tiago Dias steps up from the Estoril Praia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tiago Dias 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.
In brief
- Squad Words at Estoril Praia training over how hard people work
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Estoril Praia
- The dugout Simao Ribeiro: “No excuses”