The Sporting CP Herald
Market21 Aug 2028
Mason Greenwood puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sporting CP, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match19 Aug 2028
Sporting CP make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Sporting CP have 4 straight wins of it.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Gonçalo Inácio 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 Sporting CP this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Aug 2028
Business is business: Ricardo Mangas goes
Caldas paid $1.1M and Sporting CP took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Sporting CP
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mason Greenwood was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market21 Aug 2028
Sporting CP may not be able to give Gabriel Silva what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Gabriel Silva wants continental football; whether Sporting CP can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Match19 Aug 2028
Sporting CP see off Vizela
Three points for Sporting CP, 1‑0 the final word against Vizela in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Mario Dorgeles stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.93 on the card, and the Sporting CP support went home talking about one name.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Sporting CP ask about Diogo Travassos
A loan enquiry to Braga: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Market The Adrian Bajrami conversation is coming
- The dugout When it matters, Pote plays
- Squad Sergio Sousa signs on for more