Gustavo

Central Defender - Sliema Wanderers
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Gustavo

7 Edition

The Sliema Wanderers Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Sliema Wanderers

Beaten 0‑3 by Hamrun Spartans, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Sliema Wanderers lose Uroš Đuranović

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gustavo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Sliema Wanderers

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Market

Still no ink between Sliema Wanderers and Israel Oladeji

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sliema Wanderers, another week without a signature from Israel Oladeji.

Squad

Nikolai Micallef dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

Back issues
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The Sliema Wanderers Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sliema Wanderers say no — this time

The offer from Onze Createurs for Gustavo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Roko Prša signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Roko Prša and Sliema Wanderers agree another 3 years.

Squad

Murilo Henrique in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sliema Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Ronaldo Alguedas has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Sliema Wanderers know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Market

Still no ink between Sliema Wanderers and Rashed Al-Tumi

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sliema Wanderers, another week without a signature from Rashed Al-Tumi.

Market

Sylvester Siaw is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sliema Wanderers has been clear about where Sylvester Siaw stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief