The Paysandu Gazette
Boardroom7 Aug 2034
Paysandu give the job to Interim Coach
The club looked outside for a month, found nothing it preferred, and handed the job to the man who had been doing it anyway. He knows the building; now he has to prove he knows the rest.
Squad7 Aug 2034
Monstro damages knee ligaments — 20 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 20 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad7 Aug 2034
Gerbin Silva: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Paysandu have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market7 Aug 2034
Rodrigo Soares puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Paysandu, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Aug 2034
Kaan Sarman has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Paysandu they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Aug 2034
Michel Araújo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Michel Araújo and Paysandu agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Aug 2034
Tempers go at Paysandu
João Pedro Tchoca 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.
Market7 Aug 2034
Gabriel Mesquita is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Paysandu has been clear about where Gabriel Mesquita stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings7 Aug 2034
Gonzalo Larrazábal runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.