Farense have quickly replaced record Red Star Belgrade transfer Bruno Duarte with much-travelled Portuguese forward Tomané who most recently enjoyed successful spells with Samsunspor in Turkey and Cypriot side APOEL Nicosia.
The 31-year-old made his debut during last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Al Nassr which also saw the return in goal of the fully recovered Ricardo Velho. Earlier, supposedly Marseille-bound Mohamed Belloumi scored the only goal in another pre-season friendly against Marítimo.
Meanwhile, new Portimonense manager Sérgio Vieira is still fine-tuning his squad with €300,000 19-year-old Brazilian striker Ruan and 25-year-old Swedish ex-Tondela keeper Philip Tear coming in and Lucas Silva leaving for FC Seoul in an €800,000 deal.
So far, the Algarveans, who have unveiled Umbro as their new kit sponsor, have failed to win any of their warm-up matches with 2-0 losses to Sporting and Vitória de Guimarães and 0-0 and 1-1 draws with Marítimo and Covilhã respectively. Portimonense play Al Nassr on Wednesday night, in front of their fans, at the local Municipal Stadium.
By SKIP BANDELE
