The Arouca Chronicle
Market16 Jun 2031
Lucca has said yes to America Mineiro
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Arouca have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad16 Jun 2031
A falling-out at Arouca
Hwang In-Beom and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets16 Jun 2031
Arouca baulk at the price for Max Crocombe
Vitoria Guimaraes wanted more than $17.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets16 Jun 2031
Sporting CP tell Arouca: Fabrício is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad16 Jun 2031
A row about effort at Arouca
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Juvenal Correia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets16 Jun 2031
A loan move for Wilfried Singo is in the works
Arouca have made the call to Porto. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market16 Jun 2031
Arouca buy the years ahead of Philippe Boyer
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market16 Jun 2031
The shop window has André Clovis in it
Arouca have let the market know André Clovis can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market16 Jun 2031
The Alfonso Trezza talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Arouca know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout Carlos Carrillo asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout A door opens for Juvenal Correia
- Squad Juvenal Correia wants to know why he earns less