Nicolas Riveros

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Process

Marked for Nicolas Riveros

51 Edition

The Casa Pia Herald

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Casa Pia say no — this time

The offer from Amora for Khaly 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Casa Pia

Jérémy Livolant was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

No deal for Luis Fernando at that price

Casa Pia offered $390.0K; Santa Clara said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market

Estoril Praia watching Rochinha

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Casa Pia have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Words at Casa Pia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dominik Prpić 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Fiete Arp

Casa Pia asked and Benfica said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Nicolas Riveros wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Casa Pia know it.

Squad

Lucas Duarte stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Lucas Duarte and Casa Pia agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets

Casa Pia try to borrow Nesta Elphege

Palermo have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

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The Casa Pia Herald

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Benjamin Pauwels says Casa Pia 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

Tempers go at Casa Pia

Jérémy Livolant was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Casa Pia

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

The dugout

João Rego gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say João Rego is on it.

Squad

Nicolas Riveros is a square peg at Casa Pia

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Squad

Somebody is after David Sousa’s shirt

A new face in his position, and David Sousa suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Casa Pia have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

The dugout

Kevin Prieto 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.

Market

Tomás Altamirano joins Casa Pia on a free

No fee and no drama: Tomás Altamirano has signed at Casa Pia, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

Market

Casa Pia pick up Nicolas Riveros for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Nicolas Riveros arrives at Casa Pia with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief