The Palmeiras Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
Vitor Roque 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 Palmeiras this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Luís Pacheco stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luís Pacheco and Palmeiras agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market15 Feb 2027
Alexander Barboza wants more than Palmeiras are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Luís Pacheco
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luís Pacheco, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Palmeiras training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Evangelista 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Luís Pacheco 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 Palmeiras will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Jhon Arias has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Palmeiras will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Marlon Freitas 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 Marlon Freitas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market15 Feb 2027
Jhon Arias linked with a move away
The name of Jhon Arias keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Palmeiras say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout Jhon Arias has been promised minutes
- Market Still no ink between Palmeiras and Luis Sabóia