The last month has occupied us football fans with a lot of international football and, if you’re Portuguese, you most likely spent your last few days celebrating what was an absolutely unforgettable win for the country.
With that said, tomorrow the Liga NOS fixtures are announced and we’re a month away from the start of the club season and, despite a lot of the internationals being at the start of their vacation, pre-season has taken over the lives of our clubs. A lot has happened at the start of this pre-season, mainly related to transfers, so we will wrap it all up in this article. Who is arriving in Portugal for the first time? Who left? How are the smaller clubs approaching the 2016/17 season? Let’s find out.
Note: Benfica, Sporting and Porto’s endeavours are not included in this particular article, as they are dealt with in separate articles and in order to emphasize the rest of the Portuguese league and its coaches, players and clubs. Clubs are listed in the order they finished last season.
FC Porto have completed the transfer of Galatasaray left-back Alex Telles for a €6.5 million fee.
Benfica have completed the signing of two wingers: highly rated FK Partizan Belgrade teenager Andrija Živković on a free transfer, and Argentinean Óscar Benítez. 
Benfica and Atlético Madrid have agreed terms over the long-awaited €25 million transfer of Nicolás Gaitán to the Spanish club.
Most of the focus is on a somewhat high-profile event going on in France, but back in Portugal both Sporting and FC Porto are busy building their squads to challenge three-time champions Benfica in 2016/17.