The Paysandu Gazette
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Paysandu
Edílson Júnior 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Paysandu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rafael Carioca 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Paysandu are still strangers to each other
8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Rafael Carioca 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 Paysandu, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Pedro Henrique
“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 dugout9 Nov 2026
Gabriel Mesquita has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Gabriel Mesquita has written the date down.
In brief
- Squad Iarley Brito wants out of the dugout
- The dugout The manager comes out for Iarley Brito