Castro

Central Defender - Paysandu
3 Dec 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Castro

16 Edition

The Paysandu Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Paysandu

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

Squad

Words at Paysandu training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Márcio Júnior 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.

The dugout

Ítalo 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.

The dugout

A door opens for João Paulo

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout

Castro knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Castro trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

Mauricio Chanampa starts on the language

Two hours a week with a tutor, which is the least glamorous thing at Paysandu and the one that decides whether a foreign signing is still here in two years.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Paysandu Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Castro says Paysandu went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Words exchanged at Paysandu

JP Galvão and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

A row about effort at Paysandu

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristian Sención was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Bruno Tiago

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bruno Tiago, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Juan Bobba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

A door opens for Márcio Júnior

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief