The Penafiel Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $3.7M for André Clovis
Penafiel have gone to Académico de Viseu 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Penafiel
Joan Femenías 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
Penafiel rebuffed over Gabriel Taliari
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Juventude have kept their man, and Penafiel go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Penafiel promote Miguel Cardoso from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Cardoso 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
Antonio Carvalho steps up from the Penafiel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Antonio Carvalho 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: Manuel Marques joins the Penafiel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Manuel Marques 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: Francisco Araujo joins the Penafiel first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Araujo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Penafiel
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lucas Siqueira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Teddy Alloh stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Teddy Alloh and Penafiel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout Iano Simão knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad A wage question at Penafiel
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Torreense at home