The Atlético Goianiense Herald
Market4 Feb 2030
Matheus Frizzo 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 Atlético Goianiense can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Feb 2030
Atlético Goianiense turn down Iberia 1999 for Matheus Frizzo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market4 Feb 2030
Adriano Mina is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Atlético Goianiense is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match4 Feb 2030
Atlético Goianiense are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 65 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Anthony Matheus has agreed to leave Atlético Goianiense 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.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Guilherme Romão signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Guilherme Romão and Atlético Goianiense agree another 2 years.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Adriano Mina 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 Atlético Goianiense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom4 Feb 2030
Atlético Goianiense agree a free transfer for Bortolucci
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad4 Feb 2030
Words at Atlético Goianiense training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Carrasco 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of José Lovera
- The dugout Adriano Mina asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Jupi gets picked when it counts