The Grêmio Herald
Squad18 Jan 2027
Willian damages knee ligaments — 104 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 104 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Leonel Pérez turns Beitar Jerusalem down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Grêmio
Willian 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Juan Ignacio Nardoni 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.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Palmeiras tell Grêmio: Lucas Evangelista 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
One of our own: Wesley Barbosa joins the Grêmio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wesley Barbosa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Jan 2027
One of our own: Willian Borges joins the Grêmio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Willian Borges is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Jan 2027
Grêmio promote Éder Moura from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Éder Moura 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.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Dodi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dodi, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Loan watch Alexsandro counts the days
- The dugout When it matters, Matheus Savio plays
- The dugout Juan Ignacio Nardoni asks for a word with the manager