The Paredes Post
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
The Paredes board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Frederico Venâncio 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 Paredes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Alan Mereles arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Alan Mereles has, at Paredes, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Paredes
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Rúben Marques was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Rúben Marques
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rúben Marques, and the manager let it.
Market8 Mar 2027
Talks stall between Paredes and João Freitas
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- The dugout Hiago knocks on the manager's door
- Squad The formation has left Alan Mereles behind
- The dugout A door opens for Lucas Perdomo
- Market Paredes shop where it costs nothing