Roni

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The Grêmio Herald

28 Jul 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match26 Jul 2031

Nowhere to hide for Grêmio

0‑4 against Botafogo, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Match26 Jul 2031

The wait goes on for Grêmio

8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market28 Jul 2031

Georgemy puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Grêmio, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings28 Jul 2031

Nathan Fernandes was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad28 Jul 2031

Luiz 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 Grêmio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout28 Jul 2031

Gabriel Queiroz keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Grêmio may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad28 Jul 2031

Words at Grêmio training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Soufiane Rahimi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad28 Jul 2031

Roni gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Roni has just signed for Grêmio, and for once the answer mattered.

The dugout28 Jul 2031

Matheus Donelli gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Squad Monarca stays put
  • Boardroom Doors closed at Grêmio
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
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The America Mineiro Post

23 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad23 Dec 2030

Gustavo damages knee ligaments — 37 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 37 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

The terraces23 Dec 2030

Supporters organise against the America Mineiro board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Squad23 Dec 2030

Nathan breaks a bone — 43 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 43 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market23 Dec 2030

Kauã is a America Mineiro player

The fee is $1.9M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Santos drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market23 Dec 2030

Vitor Luiz hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what America Mineiro can pretend not to have heard.

Market23 Dec 2030

Roni is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at America Mineiro is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom23 Dec 2030

Roni has agreed to leave America Mineiro for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad23 Dec 2030

A falling-out at America Mineiro

Gonzalo Mastriani and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets23 Dec 2030

America Mineiro baulk at the price for Quaresma

Vitória wanted more than $23.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

In brief

205 Edition

The America Mineiro Post

1 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad1 Jul 2030

The knee: Victor Silva out for 35 days

35 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. America Mineiro lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Transfer targets1 Jul 2030

$5.0M settles it between the clubs for Jonathan Jesus

Cruzeiro have accepted the money. What America Mineiro do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

The dugout1 Jul 2030

Alex Silva keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” America Mineiro may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market1 Jul 2030

Roni asks to leave America Mineiro

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market1 Jul 2030

Only the photograph left for Alex Silva

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alex Silva will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around America Mineiro the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match29 Jun 2030

5 matches without a win for America Mineiro

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around America Mineiro are no longer polite ones.

Market1 Jul 2030

America Mineiro say no — this time

The offer from ENPPI for Thierry Henry 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.

Boardroom1 Jul 2030

Alex Silva has agreed to leave America Mineiro for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Player ratings1 Jul 2030

Nobody could get near Júnior Rocha

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief