The Caldas Post
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Celso Raposo says Caldas 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
The paperwork begins on Arnau Casas
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Caldas have done the hard part with Torreense, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Caldas
Miguel Bandarra and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Caldas rebuffed over Diego Martínez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mafra have kept their man, and Caldas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Caldas
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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Celso Raposo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match14 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Caldas against Atlético CP
1‑2 to Atlético CP, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Eduardo Fernandes joins the Caldas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Fernandes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Miguel Costa joins the Caldas 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Andre Sousa joins the Caldas first team
- Market Marco Borges steps up from the Caldas academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Wellerson