The Grêmio Herald
Market17 Jan 2028
Grêmio turn down Basel for Juan Ignacio Nardoni
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
Francis Amuzu: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Grêmio have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Wagner Leonardo 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 Grêmio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Jan 2028
Grêmio promote Igor Lima from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Igor Lima 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.
Market17 Jan 2028
One of our own: Diego Peixoto joins the Grêmio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Peixoto is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Jan 2028
Grêmio promote Thiago Ribeiro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Ribeiro 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.
Squad17 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Grêmio
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jovane Cabral was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
When it matters, Weverton plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
The manager plants his flag on Wagner Leonardo
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Wagner Leonardo’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
In brief
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Grêmio
- Squad Martin Braithwaite is the talk of the training ground