Summer Roundup 2026

27th May

Augsburg have triggered the deal to complete the purchase of Rodrigo Ribeiro for €5m. The player who turned 21 in April made a total of 12 first team appearances for the lions. In his 14 Bundesliga appearances on loan he found the net twice.

22 year old central defender Rômulo Júnior is returning to Atlético Mineiro in Brazil after the club decided against taking up the €4m option to purchase him. He leaves having made only two first team appearances, one against Gil Vicente and the other coming in the Taça da Liga semi final defeat against SC Vitória when he was at fault for one of the goals having not even been looking in the right direction of where the cross was coming in from behind him with his back turned. Seems a rather big flaw for a defender. He made 15 appearances in total for Sporting B. 

26th May

The 2025/26 season might have only officially finished two days ago but changes are already afoot at Sporting SAD. Sporting B are already on the lookout for a new mister after João Gião departed to take on the role of coach at fellow Liga side Nacional on a one year deal to replace Tiago Margarido for the 2026/27 season. Gião had enjoyed a fruitful start to his time with the club building on the foundations of the previous incumbent João Pereira, securing promotion to Liga 2. The young lions topped the table for much of the opening of the campaign but 2026 proved to be a disaster as their form dropped off a cliff. In the 21 matches from December 14th, 2025 onwards they'd win just 4 more games, drawing 1 and losing a staggering 16 times. Gião's chances of success surely rest on Nacional being able to keep top goalscorer Chuchu Ramírez with the club. 

It was recently announced before the end of the season that David Moreira would be on his way from Sporting B. Now he has a possible destination with a deal on the table from Polish side Jagiellona who are set to feature in next season's Europa League. From memory his sole appearance was in last season's Taça de Portugal coming on as a substitute late on in extra time. I'm a mind full of useless information. 

25th May

Just a few weeks ago the 22 year old Diogo Travossos was full of enthusiasm and commitment for the season ahead upon his return to Sporting…only to be used as makeweight in the deal with Sporting Braga to sign Zalazar. He signs on a five year deal for a fee of €5.5m plus a projected additional €1m in bonuses. It's believed Sporting will be entitled to a 15% sell on clause as part of the deal. 

For those not on World Cup duty with their national sides, pre-season will now begin a week early with players asked to report back in the first week of July instead of the second week. That'll learn some of them after Sunday's shock defeat to Torreense in the Taça de Portugal