Portuguese Liga
The top level of the football leagues in Portugal.
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Andre Villas-Boas to bring youthful exuberance and flair to Chelsea
Andre Villas-Boas will become the seventh Chelsea manager in the same number of years as owner Roman Abramovich activated his staggeringly high release clause totalling £13.3 million from FC Porto. At just 33-years of age, Villas-Boas delivered an array of success and dominance during his inaugural – and last – season in charge of the…
Transfer Window Preview: Who do you want your club to sign this summer?
With the domestic leagues finished and only the Champions League final to play on Saturday, football fans across Europe are probably feeling a little blue this week. Work rumbles on, the newest Icelandic ash cloud threatens to disrupt our holidays and, most importantly, the new season won’t get underway until August! But fear not! This…
Braga v Porto – 2011 Europa League Final
Portuguese duo Braga and Porto are set to take over Dublin in an all-Portuguese Europa League final on Wednesday night, with domestic champions Porto the clear favourites, as much for their dominant domestic performances as their free-scoring attacking performances in Europe and their young hotshot manager, Andre Villas-Boas.
Andre Villas Boas: The New Jose Mourinho?
The young coach has already cemented his place in Porto history with an unstoppable march towards the league title.
Benfica 1-2 FC Porto: Benfica hand Porto Portuguese Title on a Plate
Porto will be celebrating their 25th Portuguese league title in the dark. So humiliating did the powers that be find their bitter rivals celebrating a deserved title, earned by defeating Benfica on their own patch, that they decided to switch off the floodlights when the final whistle went at the Estadio da Luz (‘The Stadium…
The Round-Up: Wenger Aware Of Hazard, Chelsea Luiz Control
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that he is interested in bringing Lille prodigy Eden Hazard to the Emirates, but will only make a move for the 20-year-old starlet if and when he becomes ‘available’
The Round-Up: Jose Mourinho Is Too Old For This Sh*t!
According to the Daily Mirror, coach Jose Mourinho is ‘prepared to quit’ Real Madrid at the end of the season, after reaching the end of his tether with sporting director Jorge Valdano – whom our Portuguese protagonist deems to not be doing his job entirely efficiently.
The Round-Up: The Great Big Darren Bent Transfer Roundabout
As you’ve probably heard by now, Sunderland striker Darren Bent, presumably miffed at having his ‘big fish…’ credentials stolen away from him by new-signing Asamoah Gyan, handed in a transfer request at the Stadium of Light yesterday afternoon in a bid to push through a move to lowly Aston Villa.
Bendtner Threatens To Quit Arsenal As Chelsea Chase ‘Ronaldo’
Arsenal’s vainglorious striker Niklas Bendtner has never been one for the subtle understatement, lest we forget that it was only a few months ago he claimed himself to be the ‘greatest goalscorer in the world’ during an interview with FIFA.com – haughty declarations which he has since tempered (he now ‘plans to become’ the greatest…
Liverpool to replace Barca-bound Mascherano with £10.7m Porto star Meireles
With Javier Mascherano finally about to seal his long-awaited move to Barcelona, Liverpool haven’t wasted any time in finding a replacement, as reports say that Liverpool have lined up a £10.7m move for FC Porto midfielder Raul Meireles. On Friday morning, it was reported that Liverpool and Barcelona had agreed a fee for Mascherano, with…
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