The União Gazette
Market19 Apr 2027
Bruno Tesouro asks to leave União
“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.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Victor Hugo says União went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match17 Apr 2027
No end in sight to União's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at União has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Apr 2027
União cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A falling-out at União
Jardisson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at União
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words at União training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vitor Manuel 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.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
Wages eat 391% of everything União earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market19 Apr 2027
Alex Pereira steps up from the União academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alex Pereira 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.