The Estrela da Amadora Post
Squad16 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Ianis Stoica out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Estrela da Amadora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Luan Patrick says Estrela da Amadora went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Víctor Gómez
Estrela da Amadora asked and Braga said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Jorge Cabello will not be coming to Estrela da Amadora
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Levante is saying, and nobody at Estrela da Amadora is enjoying the guessing.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Estrela da Amadora
Yuri Tanque 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Matías Escobar gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Matías Escobar has just signed for Estrela da Amadora, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Too dear: Estrela da Amadora walk away from Lucas Furtado
$89.0K was the most the club would pay and Vitoria Guimaraes 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Estrela da Amadora
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
Estrela da Amadora supporters have found a favourite in Max Scholze
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Max Scholze has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Player ratings Ronaldo Lumungo runs at them all day
- Market Andre Mendes steps up from the Estrela da Amadora academy
- Market David Goncalves steps up from the Estrela da Amadora academy