The Palmeiras Chronicle
Match1 Mar 2027
Palmeiras are top
39 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
Larson counts the days
“I watch every Palmeiras game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Rio Branco runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
When it matters, Jefté 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A season on the outside for Gustavo Gómez
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Palmeiras has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market1 Mar 2027
The Jhon Arias question follows Palmeiras around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jhon Arias’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Benedetti has settled at Palmeiras
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Alexander Barboza
- The dugout Halerrandrio keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, Isaac Nicolas