The Nacional Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nacional make their move for Nehuén Pérez
$10.2M on the table at Porto. 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
Nacional rebuffed over Luis Quintero
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Torreense have kept their man, and Nacional go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $880.0K for Sébastien Cibois
Nacional have gone to Portimonense 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nacional go back to the board over Nehuén Pérez
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $11.0M — a club that wants Nehuén Pérez enough to be asked twice.
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
Oliveirense watching Ivanildo Fernandes
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Nacional have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Afonso Simoes steps up from the Nacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Afonso Simoes 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: Daniel Santos joins the Nacional first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Santos 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
Alexandre Borges steps up from the Nacional academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexandre Borges 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.
In brief
- The dugout Liziero asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout No hiding place for Pablo Ruan
- Looking ahead Chuchu Ramírez goes back to face Vitoria Guimaraes