The Lusitânia Lourosa Gazette
Squad14 Apr 2036
Thomas Vergara wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Lusitânia Lourosa can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Squad14 Apr 2036
Juan Larios falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad14 Apr 2036
A falling-out at Lusitânia Lourosa
Sacha Mandanda and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom14 Apr 2036
Embargo at Lusitânia Lourosa
No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.
The dugout14 Apr 2036
The manager makes an example of Rodrigo Borges
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout14 Apr 2036
Nahuel Ferraresi knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nahuel Ferraresi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad14 Apr 2036
Fabio Carvalho has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Lusitânia Lourosa will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout14 Apr 2036
When it matters, Jack Mason 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.
Market14 Apr 2036
Talks stall between Lusitânia Lourosa and Aldo Cueva
“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
- Loan watch 4 clean sheets on loan for Marcelo Barbosa
- Market Sondre Skogen placed on the list
- Market The clock does Albi Tahiraj’s negotiating for him