The Grêmio Herald
Squad28 Feb 2028
A fracture rules Weverton out for 55 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Grêmio will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market28 Feb 2028
Tetê hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Grêmio can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Feb 2028
Grêmio turn down HJK for André Henrique
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom28 Feb 2028
Nathan Borges signs for Athletic Club while still at Grêmio
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Nathan Borges has agreed terms with Athletic Club for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Miguel Monsalve 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.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Grêmio
Leonel Pérez 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.
Boardroom28 Feb 2028
Táles will join Grêmio for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Táles has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Grêmio have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Camilo
“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 dugout28 Feb 2028
When it matters, Erick Noriega 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.
In brief
- Market The Erick Noriega question follows Grêmio around
- The dugout The manager makes Adrielson a promise
- The dugout João Borne knocks on the manager’s door