Hey friends, much like I did last season, I decided to write you guys a bit of an update of everything that is going on in each team’s transfer activity in preparation for the new season that is about to start. That includes my very general thoughts on each relevant move each side has made and what gaps I expect them to fill by the end of August.

As expected, this turned out way too long so you have two options: either just check out your preferred team or lay down on your beach towel and go to town on this nerdiness for half an hour of your day. Two more things: whenever an “update” is mentioned it means it’s complementary news added after I wrote the text for that team and no, the big three aren’t mentioned here, because you know who they signed already.

Fábio Coentrão yesterday completed his transfer to Sporting, signing a one-season loan contract from Real Madrid.

In a similar move to the deal that brought Nani to Alvalade from Manchester United three years ago, his parent club will be picking up most of Coentrão’s wages. The Spanish giants are reported to be footing between 75% and 90% of his salary, although the exact details have not been released.

The arrival of Coentrão completes a busy week in the transfer market for Sporting, with the Lisbon club also signing Portugal U21 captain Bruno Fernandes and Ivory Coast striker Seydou Doumbia, as well as having Barcelona centre-back Jérémy Mathieu training at the club on a trial basis.

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It is not unusual to see a level of disinvestment in relation to the playing squad every summer among Portugal’s major clubs, but this close season could see an unprecedented amount of top talent leave the Liga NOS.

Last night news broke that FC Porto and Portugal centre-forward André Silva was in Italy preparing to take his medical ahead of a €40m move to AC Milan. Just 24 hours earlier, Manchester United had announced that agreement had been reached with Benfica for the purchase of centre-back Victor Lindelöf from the Lisbon giants.

The two departures come on the back of the sales of Benfica goalkeeper Ederson to Manchester City, and Sporting centre-back Rúben Semedo to Villarreal.