The Braga Post
Market11 Jun 2029
Not going: Víctor Gómez stays at Braga
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Porto had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market11 Jun 2029
Denis Huseinbašić has said yes to Nacional
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Braga have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market11 Jun 2029
Víctor Gómez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Braga can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Jun 2029
Braga say no — this time
The offer from Porto for Steven Bergwijn was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Nélson Monte arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Nélson Monte has, at Braga, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
Braga rebuffed over Kauê Rodrigues
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Porto have kept their man, and Braga go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
Braga bid $1.1M for Jan Bednarek
The offer went to Porto 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.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Víctor Gómez 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 Braga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Steven Bergwijn 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Braga agree a free transfer for Jonathan Buatu
- Squad Andre Costa signs on for more
- The dugout Sikou Niakaté gets picked when it counts