The Nacional Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
João Aurélio breaks a bone — 100 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 100 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Nacional walk away from Abraham Marcus
$7.6M was the most the club would pay and Estrela da Amadora were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Fabinho
Nacional asked and Lusitânia Lourosa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Liziero signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Liziero and Nacional agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nacional promote Rafael Cunha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafael Cunha 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
One of our own: Felipe Araujo joins the Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe Araujo 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
Nacional promote Andre Monteiro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andre Monteiro 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 Almeida steps up from the Nacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexandre 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Daniel Júnior 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Nacional try to borrow Nick Homan
- The dugout Liziero asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Chuchu Ramírez goes back to face Vitoria Guimaraes