The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 3 appearances behind him, and Deportivo La Guaira have to plan for both answers.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportivo La Guaira can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Deportivo La Guaira have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Deportivo La Guaira, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportivo La Guaira can pretend not to have heard.
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Deportivo La Guaira has to find a result from somewhere.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Deportivo La Guaira can pretend not to have heard.
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
The fee is $880.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Caracas drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Deportivo La Guaira has been clear about where Brayan Morales stands, which is more than many ever get.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Carlos Rivero keeps the shirt for now, at Deportivo La Guaira's convenience rather than his own.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.