The Grêmio Herald
Market15 Mar 2027
Marlon hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Grêmio can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Martin Braithwaite in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Grêmio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Grêmio
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juan Ignacio Nardoni was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market15 Mar 2027
Grêmio promote João Moreira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. João Moreira 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.
Market15 Mar 2027
Rafão steps up from the Grêmio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafão 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.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Felipe Fonseca joins the Grêmio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Felipe Fonseca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Loan watch15 Mar 2027
Gabriel Menegon has seen enough of Azuriz
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Grêmio, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Dodi has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Grêmio will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Ryan Gomez 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 Grêmio would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- Squad Tiago has seen what the next man earns
- The dugout Vitão knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Erick Noriega