The Tondela Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 seasons of Carraça
335 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Tondela know what they have.
Market3 Aug 2026
Carlão is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tondela is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tomané signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomané commits to Tondela for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tondela
Brayan Medina was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Tondela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Marques 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Tondela and Tomané
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market Yaya Sithole told to find a new club
- Market 49 months and counting on João Lima