The Grêmio Herald
Market21 Dec 2026
Leonel Pérez has said yes to ABC
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Grêmio have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Grêmio training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Ignacio Nardoni 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.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Cruzeiro tell Grêmio: Kaio Jorge is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market21 Dec 2026
One of our own: Pedro Martins joins the Grêmio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pedro Martins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Dec 2026
Júnior Lopes steps up from the Grêmio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Júnior Lopes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market21 Dec 2026
Grêmio promote Leonardo Mendes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Leonardo Mendes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad21 Dec 2026
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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The formation has left Lucas Halter behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Grêmio will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Transfer targets21 Dec 2026
Grêmio ask about Thiago Mendes
A loan enquiry to Vasco da Gama: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- The dugout Weverton gets picked when it counts
- The dugout André Henrique has been promised minutes
- The dugout Juan Ignacio Nardoni keeps his manager's vote