The Palmeiras Chronicle
The dugout3 Apr 2028
Jhon Arias: 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.” Palmeiras have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market3 Apr 2028
Pedro raises the bar for Palmeiras
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Palmeiras heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Tempers go at Palmeiras
Martinelli 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.
Market3 Apr 2028
Palmeiras promote Tanque from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tanque 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.
Market3 Apr 2028
One of our own: Sérgio Porto joins the Palmeiras first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Porto is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market3 Apr 2028
One of our own: Wesley Figueiredo joins the Palmeiras first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wesley Figueiredo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout3 Apr 2028
Pedro gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Pedro is on it.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Alexander Barboza loses the armband
The captaincy has been taken off Alexander Barboza. Palmeiras will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
The dugout3 Apr 2028
A door opens for Agustín Rossi
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Squad Palmeiras give Pedro the armband
- The dugout Juan Gabriel asks for a word with the manager
- Loan watch Lucas Romero wants to stay at Atletico Bucaramanga