“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Oeste have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Oeste this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The shirt still fits. Douglas Santos is back at Oeste, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Perninha is back at Oeste, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Mateus Borges is a Oeste player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Júnior Martins is a Oeste player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 1041. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.