The Grêmio Herald
Market2 Feb 2032
Francis Amuzu raises the bar for Grêmio
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Grêmio heard it as anything else.
Squad2 Feb 2032
Carlos Vinícius 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 Grêmio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market2 Feb 2032
Only the photograph left for Márcio Nogueira
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Márcio Nogueira will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Grêmio the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad2 Feb 2032
A row about effort at Grêmio
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Francis Amuzu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Feb 2032
A promise honoured at Grêmio
Something was said to Erick Noriega and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
The dugout2 Feb 2032
Tetê knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Grêmio, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market2 Feb 2032
Erick Noriega linked with a move away
The name of Erick Noriega keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Grêmio say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout2 Feb 2032
When it matters, Maik plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Boardroom2 Feb 2032
Grêmio sign a deal worth $11.7M a year
Commercial news is the news nobody sings about and everything else is paid for with. The board will call it a partnership; the accountants will call it the difference between this squad and a smaller one.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Francis Amuzu
- Squad The training reports on Ryan Gomez are not good
- Squad Extra work for Eriki at Grêmio