The Torreense Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Manu Pozo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Manu Pozo and Torreense agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Torreense
Adriel 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Vinícius Lopes
Torreense asked and Santa Clara said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fernando Pereira joins the Torreense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fernando Pereira 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
Bernardo Marques steps up from the Torreense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bernardo Marques 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
Torreense promote Simao Mota from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simao Mota 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alexandre Lopes steps up from the Torreense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexandre Lopes 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Torreense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luis Quintero was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Torreense are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout Manu Pozo asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Manuel Baldé faces his old club
- Looking ahead An away day at Penafiel next for Torreense