The Tondela Gazette
Match15 Aug 2026
Tondela run riot against Rio Ave
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Makan Aïko
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Tondela 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 $14.3M — a club that wants Nehuén Pérez enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
João Morelli due for a Tondela medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
1 academy graduates step up at Tondela
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Tondela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Makan Aïko 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Jordan Holsgrove
Tondela asked and Estoril Praia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Hugo Félix
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bruno Fonseca joins the Tondela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Fonseca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Joe Hodge at his very best
- The dugout Rony Lopes gets it from the manager
- Squad Tempers go at Tondela