The Athletico Paranaense Chronicle
Squad12 Feb 2029
Arthur Rocha damages knee ligaments — 15 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 15 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Romeo Benítez turns Ferroviário 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A muscle injury sidelines Jean for 16 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Athletico Paranaense will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Evertton Araújo turns down Athletico Paranaense
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Flamengo keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Novorizontino tell Athletico Paranaense: Marcelo Carvalho 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Athletico Paranaense
Jean 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Vasco da Gama expected to open talks for Mateus Guimarães
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Athletico Paranaense will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad12 Feb 2029
A row about effort at Athletico Paranaense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Feb 2029
Dinamo Tbilisi watching Kauan
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Athletico Paranaense have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Athletico Paranaense and Luiz Phellype
- The dugout Julimar asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom Athletico Paranaense keep producing them