The America Mineiro Post
Squad10 Jan 2028
Tempers go at America Mineiro
Gustavo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words at America Mineiro training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gonzalo Mastriani 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.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Como tell America Mineiro: Emil Audero 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.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Isack gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Júnior Assis signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Júnior Assis commits to America Mineiro for another 3 years.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Too much change too quickly at America Mineiro
5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Gustavo 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 Gustavo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
A promise honoured at America Mineiro
Something was said to Artur and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
Market10 Jan 2028
The Rodrigo Piñeiro story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Rodrigo Piñeiro signs something — a contract at America Mineiro or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Wanderson in it
- Market Window shut, Alex Silva still here
- Market Alex Silva runs his contract down