The Sporting CP Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Sporting CP say no — this time
The offer from Vitoria Guimaraes for Rafael Nel was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Mateus Mané
Sporting CP asked and Wolverhampton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
10 seasons of Gonçalo Inácio
170 appearances across 10 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Sporting CP know what they have.
Market3 Aug 2026
Luis Suárez wants more than Sporting CP are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sporting CP
Geny and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Sporting CP
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rui Silva was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Samuel Justo stays put
- Market Eyes on Diego Callai again
- Market Talks stall between Sporting CP and Mateo Tanlongo
- The dugout Luis Suárez asks for a word with the manager