The Lagarto Gazette
Squad13 Dec 2027
34 days out for Bruno Assis after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Lagarto will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market13 Dec 2027
Luigi Gaspar 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 The request is on a desk at Lagarto, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Toró frozen out at Lagarto
This is not rotation. Toró has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Lagarto is pretending otherwise.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The decline has begun for Romario Da Silva
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Lagarto is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
Transfer targets13 Dec 2027
Lagarto rebuffed over Mauro Melgarejo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Boavista have kept their man, and Lagarto go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Words exchanged at Lagarto
Nicolás Rijo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
Thierry Henry counts the days
“I watch every Lagarto game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Botafogo-PB runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market13 Dec 2027
Lagarto buy the years ahead of Mikkel Egholm
He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market13 Dec 2027
Lagarto sign Douglas Gomes, one for the future
Douglas Gomes is 17, and Lagarto have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Lagarto on André Rocha
- Squad Lagarto are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Rodrigo Bazilio gets picked when it counts