The Marcílio Dias Chronicle
Squad31 Jan 2028
Thomasel damages knee ligaments — 20 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 20 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.
Market31 Jan 2028
Yeison Murillo agrees terms with Porto Vitória
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Marcílio Dias people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market31 Jan 2028
Leandro Orellana 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 Marcílio Dias can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Jan 2028
Nicolás Ibarra has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Marcílio Dias they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad31 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Marcílio Dias
Roni Lobo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Lucas Perdomo frozen out at Marcílio Dias
This is not rotation. Lucas Perdomo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Marcílio Dias is pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
Door shut on Gabriel Lopes
Marcílio Dias asked and Bragantino said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Juan González 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 Juan González trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market31 Jan 2028
The Juan González question follows Marcílio Dias around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Juan González’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Squad More bad news for Daniel Cunha
- The dugout Valdo keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Mateo Clavellino is out on the grass again