The Vasco da Gama Courier
Market16 Apr 2029
Mateus Carvalho hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Vasco da Gama can pretend not to have heard.
Market16 Apr 2029
Only the photograph left for André
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. André will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Vasco da Gama the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Sérgio Carvalho signs on for the long haul
Vasco da Gama moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Sérgio Carvalho, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words exchanged at Vasco da Gama
Lucas Freitas and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Vasco da Gama
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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Éder Mendes steps up from the Vasco da Gama academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Éder Mendes 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
Vini steps up from the Vasco da Gama academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vini 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
José Luis Rodríguez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
A promise the Vasco da Gama 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
- Loan watch Marcão wants to come home
- The dugout Andrés Gómez asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout When it matters, Paulo Henrique plays