Marked for Luis Perez
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rentistas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Luis Perez still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Rentistas would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Douglas Jardel plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rentistas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luis Perez and Rentistas agree another 4 years.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Perez, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rentistas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Luis Perez 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 Luis Perez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Douglas Jardel has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.