The Tondela Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tondela make their move for Sikou Niakaté
$6.4M on the table at Braga. 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Estoril Praia tell Tondela: Yanis Begraoui is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kaio Santos is a medical away from Tondela
The deal with Sport Recife is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Makan Aïko stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Makan Aïko and Tondela agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Tondela
Makan Aïko and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tondela promote Eduardo Reis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eduardo Reis 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: Miguel Costa joins the Tondela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Costa 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
Rui Carvalho steps up from the Tondela academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rui 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: Samuel Martins joins the Tondela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Martins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Makan Aïko knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Júlio Vieira
- Squad The formation has left Dominik Prpić behind