THE BALL – Schjelderup explains leaving Benfica (Benfica)
Andreas Schjelderup, a 19-year-old Norwegian striker, signed a one-year contract yesterday with Nordsjaelland, from Denmark, after completing medical examinations at a hotel next to the airport in the country’s capital to accelerate the change on the last day of the market. He was transferred without a purchase option to the club where he stood out, […]
THE BALL – Iván Jaime replacing Otávio? Here’s the answer (video) (FC Porto)
FC Porto released statements from the most recent reinforcement, the Spanish attacking midfielder Iván Jaime, who hopes that the fans will «enjoy» his football. In addition to talking about the various compatriots he found in the FC Porto squad, he addressed the fact that he was appointed as Otávio’s successor. «My intention is not to […]
BOLA – Pinto da Costa addresses Otávio’s departure: «They guaranteed that he would leave at zero cost» (FC Porto)
Pinto da Costa addressed, in yet another editorial in Dragões magazine, the departure of Otávio, who went to Al Nassr, with the Saudis disbursing 60 million euros. «If we take the lens away from the Lisbon press and look at reality, we see different scenarios», he began by writing. «Our squad was reinforced with three […]
A BOLA – Official: here is the third reinforcement in exchange for €65M! (Manchester City)
Manchester City made official, this Thursday, the signing of Jérémy Doku, a virtuous Belgian winger, 21 years old, who arrives at Pep Guardiola’s squad in exchange for 65 million euros paid to Rennes. Last season, Doku, trained at Anderlecht schools, made 35 appearances for the French team, in which he scored seven goals and provided […]
THE BALL – «Samuel Soares owes nothing to Vlachodimos» (Benfica)
Samuel Soares «goalkeeper for Benfica’s A team» and one of the «great future talents of Portuguese football» and that «nothing is inferior» to the goalkeepers who defended the red goal last season, «including Vlachodimos». Luís Castro has a crystal clear conviction about the goalkeeper he coached at the youth, under-23 and B team levels. “He […]
THE BALL – Taremi at Tottenham in the hands of Jorge Mendes (FC Porto)
To bridge the possible transfer of Harry Kane to Bayer Munich, Tottenham is betting heavily on the signing of Taremi. The Spurs, through businessman Jorge Mendes, have already submitted a first proposal to FC Porto’s SAD of 24 million euros, but the Administration led by Pinto da Costa wants at least 30 million euros to […]
THE BALL – «At Benfica, you have management, coaches and great fans who believe in you» (Benfica)
Kokçu, a 22-year-old Turkish midfielder, Benfica’s reinforcement this season, had an emotional reception on Sunday, on his return to the stadium of his former team, Feyenoord. The player’s father, Halis-Sibel Kokçu, made a point of highlighting the moment through social networks. “You grew up at Feyenoord and walked out the front door, with the most […]
A BOLA – Tickets for the Supercup sold out (Benfica)
Benfica announced, this Saturday, that it has already sold all the tickets it had available for the Super Cup with FC Porto. The game that opens the 2023/2024 season is scheduled for 20.45 hours on 9 August, Wednesday, at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro. Remember that FC Porto has already informed that it does not have […]
THE BALL – «You can say that Pinto da Costa stole it but it was never proven» (Country)
The millionaire Hernâni Vaz Antunes, the main suspect in ‘Operação Picoas’, was caught talking about Pinto da Costa and António Salvador, respectively presidents of FC Porto and SC Braga, in wiretaps released by Correio da Manhã. “The Savior is also screwed. The one from FC Porto can say he stole it, but it was never […]
THE BALL – In the group of Portugal, the United States and the Netherlands, they only think about the ‘eighth’ (Women’s World Cup-2023)
After the draw (1-1) that reissued the final of the 2019 World Cup, the United States and the Netherlands are already looking at the round of 16 of the tournament, despite Portugal also entering the last round of Group E with possibilities of qualifying. At the end of the match, Vlatko Andonovski acknowledged that the […]