The Athletic Club Chronicle
The dugout16 Apr 2029
André Luiz frozen out at Athletic Club
This is not rotation. André Luiz has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Athletic Club is pretending otherwise.
Market16 Apr 2029
Julio Rodrigues wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Athletic Club hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Julio Rodrigues 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 Athletic Club this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Athletic Club
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Athletic Club
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Guilherme Gomes was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market16 Apr 2029
Henrique Carvalho steps up from the Athletic Club academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henrique Carvalho 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Athletic Club promote Baiano from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Baiano 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Éder Gomes joins the Athletic Club first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Éder Gomes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A promise the Athletic Club board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- The dugout Guilherme Gomes is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Mauro Gómez asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Bernardo wants out of the dugout