The Leiria Courier
Squad14 Jun 2027
The knee: Marcelo out for 130 days
130 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Leiria lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Diogo Martins due for a Leiria medical
Everything agreed with Sporting CP, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market14 Jun 2027
Zé Pedro hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leiria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Juan Muñoz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Leiria this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words at Leiria training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kaique is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Door shut on Marvin Keller
Leiria asked and Sporting CP said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market14 Jun 2027
Leiria promote Rafael Almeida from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafael Almeida 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Leiria promote Marco Borges from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marco Borges 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Leiria promote Jorge Castro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jorge Castro 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.
In brief
- The dugout Wilmar González knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad A season on the outside for Alioune Ndoye
- The dugout A door opens for Lucão