The Marco 09 Courier
Market26 Mar 2029
Gonçalo Pinto asks to leave Marco 09
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Words at Marco 09 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pedro Soares is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Juan Espina
“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.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Marco 09
Daniel Gomes 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.
Market26 Mar 2029
Still no ink between Marco 09 and Hayman Aziz
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Marco 09, another week without a signature from Hayman Aziz.
The dugout26 Mar 2029
Hayman Aziz knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Hayman Aziz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Ilja Levchenkov placed on the list
- Market Still no signature from Linus Tornblad
- The dugout The manager comes out for Gonçalo Pinto
- Squad Li Jiaqi is the talk of the training ground